Espírito Santo is 1.77× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Espírito Santo (state of Brazil) covers about 45,800 km² (17,700 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.

45,800km²Espírito Santo
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

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Espírito Santo
Sicily (Italy)

What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 56% of the size of Espírito Santo.
Espírito Santo is larger by 19,900 km² (7,700 mi²), which is 77% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Espírito Santo is about 1.49, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Espírito Santo is larger, but Sicily (Italy) has the larger population: 5.0 million against 3.8 million, 1.30× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 84 in Espírito Santo: Sicily (Italy) is 2.30× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,560 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Espírito Santo at 20°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Sicily (Italy) at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Espírito Santo as 1.25× the size of Sicily (Italy) instead of 1.77×.
Together Espírito Santo and Sicily (Italy) cover 71,700 km², close to the size of Sierra Leone (71,600 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 19,900 km², is about the size of Slovenia (20,300 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Espírito Santo would have 8.8 million people (it has 3.8 million). At Espírito Santo's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 2.2 million (it has 5.0 million).
Sicily (Italy)'s centre is 57.2° of latitude, about 6,360 km, farther north than Espírito Santo's.
Espírito Santo is the 23rd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 7th 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.
Sicily (Italy) lies about 57° of latitude (roughly 6,360 km) north of Espírito Santo, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Espírito Santo would have about 11,950 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Espírito Santo and Sicily (Italy) would cover 71,700 km², about the same size as Sierra Leone.
Together they have 8.8 million people, about as many people as Papua New Guinea.

Side by side

	Espírito Santo	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	StateBrazil	RegionItaly
Area, measured	45,800 km²17,700 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	46,100 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	23rd of 27in Brazil	1st of 20in Italy
Population	3.8 millionWikidata, 2022	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	15th of 27in Brazil	4th of 20in Italy
Density	84 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Vitória	Palermo
Latitude range	21°S to 18°S	35°N to 39°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 46,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 45,800 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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