Catalonia is 1.24× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Catalonia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 32,000 km² (12,300 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.

32,000km²Catalonia
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

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What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 81% of the size of Catalonia.
Catalonia is larger by 6,100 km² (2,360 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Catalonia is about 1.04, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Catalonia also has the larger population: 8.0 million against 5.0 million, 1.61× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 251 in Catalonia against 193 in Sicily (Italy): Catalonia is 1.30× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,180 km apart.
Together Catalonia and Sicily (Italy) cover 57,800 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 1.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 6,100 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Catalonia would have 6.2 million people (it has 8.0 million). At Catalonia's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 6.5 million (it has 5.0 million).
Catalonia's centre is 4.2° of latitude, about 470 km, farther north than Sicily (Italy)'s.
Catalonia is the 6th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 6.3% of its area; it is the 6th 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.
Catalonia lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 467 km) north of Sicily (Italy).
Shared out evenly, each person in Catalonia would have about 3,980 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Catalonia and Sicily (Italy) would cover 57,800 km², about the same size as Togo.
Together they have 13.0 million people, 1.04× as many people as South Sudan.

Side by side

	Catalonia	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	RegionItaly
Area, measured	32,000 km²12,300 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	31,900 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	6th of 19in Spain	1st of 20in Italy
Population	8.0 millionWikidata, 2024	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	2nd of 19in Spain	4th of 20in Italy
Density	251 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Barcelona	Palermo
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	35°N to 39°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 31,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,000 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 Catalonia and 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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