Brandenburg is 1.16× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Brandenburg (state of Germany) covers about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²) and Sicily (Italy) (region of Italy) about 25,900 km² (9,990 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

30,000km²Brandenburg
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

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Brandenburg
Sicily (Italy)

What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 86% of the size of Brandenburg.
Brandenburg is larger by 4,170 km² (1,610 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Brandenburg is about 0.98, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Brandenburg is larger, but Sicily (Italy) has the larger population: 5.0 million against 2.5 million, 1.97× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 84 in Brandenburg: Sicily (Italy) is 2.28× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,650 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Brandenburg at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Sicily (Italy) at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Brandenburg as 1.96× the size of Sicily (Italy) instead of 1.16×.
Together Brandenburg and Sicily (Italy) cover 55,900 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 1.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 4,170 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Brandenburg would have 5.8 million people (it has 2.5 million). At Brandenburg's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 2.2 million (it has 5.0 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 14.9° of latitude, about 1,650 km, farther north than Sicily (Italy)'s.
Brandenburg is the 5th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 8.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Sicily (Italy) is the largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 8.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Brandenburg lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,650 km) north of Sicily (Italy).
Shared out evenly, each person in Brandenburg would have about 11,850 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Brandenburg and Sicily (Italy) would cover 55,900 km², about the same size as Croatia.
Together they have 7.5 million people, about as many people as Sierra Leone.

Side by side

	Brandenburg	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	StateGermany	RegionItaly
Area, measured	30,000 km²11,600 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	29,500 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	5th of 16in Germany	1st of 20in Italy
Population	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	10th of 16in Germany	4th of 20in Italy
Density	84 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Potsdam	Palermo
Latitude range	51°N to 54°N	35°N to 39°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 25,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 25,900 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Sicily (Italy) is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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