Hauts-de-France is 1.24× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Hauts-de-France (region of France) covers about 32,000 km² (12,400 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.

32,000km²Hauts-de-France
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

100 km

Hauts-de-France
Sicily (Italy)

What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 81% of the size of Hauts-de-France.
Hauts-de-France is larger by 6,120 km² (2,360 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Hauts-de-France is about 1.04, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Hauts-de-France also has the larger population: 6.0 million against 5.0 million, 1.20× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 188 in Hauts-de-France: Sicily (Italy) is 1.03× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,650 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hauts-de-France at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Sicily (Italy) at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Hauts-de-France as 1.88× the size of Sicily (Italy) instead of 1.24×.
Together Hauts-de-France and Sicily (Italy) cover 57,900 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 1.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 6,120 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Hauts-de-France would have 6.2 million people (it has 6.0 million). At Hauts-de-France's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 4.9 million (it has 5.0 million).
Hauts-de-France's centre is 12.4° of latitude, about 1,380 km, farther north than Sicily (Italy)'s.
Hauts-de-France is the 9th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% 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.
Hauts-de-France lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,380 km) north of Sicily (Italy).
Shared out evenly, each person in Hauts-de-France would have about 5,330 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Hauts-de-France and Sicily (Italy) would cover 57,900 km², about the same size as Togo.
Together they have 11.0 million people, about as many people as Haiti.

Side by side

	Hauts-de-France	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	RegionFrance	RegionItaly
Area, measured	32,000 km²12,400 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	31,800 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	9th of 18in France	1st of 20in Italy
Population	6.0 millionWikidata, 2022	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	5th of 18in France	4th of 20in Italy
Density	188 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Lille	Palermo
Latitude range	49°N to 51°N	35°N to 39°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 31,800 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 Hauts-de-France is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders. 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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