Ireland is 2.68× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Ireland (Europe) covers about 69,400 km² (26,800 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.

69,400km²Ireland
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

100 km

Ireland
Sicily (Italy)

What fits

Sicily (Italy) fits inside Ireland about 2.68 times by area.
Ireland is larger by 43,600 km² (16,800 mi²), which is 168% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Ireland is about 2.26, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Ireland also has the larger population: 5.1 million against 5.0 million, 1.03× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 74 in Ireland: Sicily (Italy) is 2.60× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,440 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Ireland at 53°N is drawn about 2.8× too large and Sicily (Italy) at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Ireland as 4.69× the size of Sicily (Italy) instead of 2.68×.
Together Ireland and Sicily (Italy) cover 95,300 km², close to the size of Liberia (95,300 km², 0.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 43,600 km², is about the size of Denmark (42,700 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Ireland would have 13.4 million people (it has 5.1 million). At Ireland's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 1.9 million (it has 5.0 million).
Ireland's centre is 15.6° of latitude, about 1,730 km, farther north than Sicily (Italy)'s.
Ireland ranks 123rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
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.
Ireland lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,730 km) north of Sicily (Italy).
Shared out evenly, each person in Ireland would have about 13,490 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Ireland and Sicily (Italy) would cover 95,300 km², about the same size as Liberia.
Together they have 10.1 million people, about as many people as Azerbaijan.
Counted as a country, Sicily (Italy) would rank 148th by area and 125th by population.

Side by side

	Ireland	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	CountryEurope	RegionItaly
Area, measured	69,400 km²26,800 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	69,800 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	122nd of 239worldwide	1st of 20in Italy
Population	5.1 millionWikidata, 2022	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	123rd of 237worldwide	4th of 20in Italy
Density	74 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Dublin	Palermo
Latitude range	51°N to 55°N	35°N to 39°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 69,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 69,400 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 for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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