Extremadura is 1.63× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Extremadura (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 42,100 km² (16,300 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.

42,100km²Extremadura
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

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Extremadura
Sicily (Italy)

What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 61% of the size of Extremadura.
Extremadura is larger by 16,200 km² (6,270 mi²), which is 63% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Extremadura is about 1.37, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Extremadura is larger, but Sicily (Italy) has the larger population: 5.0 million against 1.1 million, 4.73× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 25 in Extremadura: Sicily (Italy) is 7.71× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,780 km apart.
Together Extremadura and Sicily (Italy) cover 68,000 km², close to the size of Ireland (69,400 km², 2.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 16,200 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Extremadura would have 8.1 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Extremadura's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 647,000 (it has 5.0 million).
Extremadura's centre is 1.6° of latitude, about 180 km, farther north than Sicily (Italy)'s.
Extremadura is the 5th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 8.3% of its area; it is the 19th 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.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 39°N and 38°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Extremadura would have about 39,990 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Extremadura and Sicily (Italy) would cover 68,000 km², about the same size as Ireland.
Together they have 6.0 million people, about as many people as El Salvador.

Side by side

	Extremadura	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	RegionItaly
Area, measured	42,100 km²16,300 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	41,600 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	5th of 19in Spain	1st of 20in Italy
Population	1.1 millionWikidata, 2024	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	13th of 19in Spain	4th of 20in Italy
Density	25 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Mérida	Palermo
Latitude range	38°N to 40°N	35°N to 39°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 41,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,100 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 Extremadura 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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