Guanajuato is 1.18× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Guanajuato (state of Mexico) covers about 30,400 km² (11,700 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.

30,400km²Guanajuato
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

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Guanajuato
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What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 85% of the size of Guanajuato.
Guanajuato is larger by 4,550 km² (1,760 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Guanajuato is about 0.99, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Guanajuato also has the larger population: 5.9 million against 5.0 million, 1.17× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 192 in Guanajuato: Sicily (Italy) is 1.00× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,600 km apart.
On a standard web map Sicily (Italy) looks larger than Guanajuato: Guanajuato at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Sicily (Italy) at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Sicily (Italy) as 1.18× the size of Guanajuato, when Guanajuato is 1.18× the size of Sicily (Italy).
Together Guanajuato and Sicily (Italy) cover 56,300 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 1.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,550 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Guanajuato would have 5.9 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Guanajuato's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 5.0 million (it has 5.0 million).
Sicily (Italy)'s centre is 16.7° of latitude, about 1,860 km, farther north than Guanajuato's.
Guanajuato is the 22nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.6% 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.
Sicily (Italy) lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,860 km) north of Guanajuato.
Shared out evenly, each person in Guanajuato would have about 5,200 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Guanajuato and Sicily (Italy) would cover 56,300 km², about the same size as Togo.
Together they have 10.8 million people, about as many people as Czechia.

Side by side

	Guanajuato	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	StateMexico	RegionItaly
Area, measured	30,400 km²11,700 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	30,600 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	22nd of 32in Mexico	1st of 20in Italy
Population	5.9 millionWikidata, 2015	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	6th of 32in Mexico	4th of 20in Italy
Density	192 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Guanajuato	Palermo
Latitude range	20°N to 22°N	35°N to 39°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 30,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,400 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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