Galicia is 1.14× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Galicia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 29,600 km² (11,400 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.

29,600km²Galicia
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

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Sicily (Italy)

What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 87% of the size of Galicia.
Galicia is larger by 3,730 km² (1,440 mi²), which is 14% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Galicia is about 0.96, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Galicia is larger, but Sicily (Italy) has the larger population: 5.0 million against 2.7 million, 1.84× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 91 in Galicia: Sicily (Italy) is 2.11× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,950 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Galicia at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Sicily (Italy) at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Galicia as 1.33× the size of Sicily (Italy) instead of 1.14×.
Together Galicia and Sicily (Italy) cover 55,500 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 0.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,730 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Galicia would have 5.7 million people (it has 2.7 million). At Galicia's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 2.4 million (it has 5.0 million).
Galicia's centre is 5.2° of latitude, about 570 km, farther north than Sicily (Italy)'s.
Galicia is the 7th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 5.8% of its area; it is the 13th 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.
Galicia lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 574 km) north of Sicily (Italy).
Shared out evenly, each person in Galicia would have about 10,950 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Galicia and Sicily (Italy) would cover 55,500 km², about the same size as Croatia.
Together they have 7.7 million people, about as many people as Togo.

Side by side

	Galicia	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	RegionItaly
Area, measured	29,600 km²11,400 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	29,600 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 19in Spain	1st of 20in Italy
Population	2.7 millionWikidata, 2024	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	5th of 19in Spain	4th of 20in Italy
Density	91 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	–	Palermo
Latitude range	42°N to 44°N	35°N to 39°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 29,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 29,600 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 Galicia 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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