Netherlands is 1.43× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Netherlands (Europe) covers about 37,100 km² (14,300 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.

37,100km²Netherlands
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

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Sicily (Italy)

What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 70% of the size of Netherlands.
Netherlands is larger by 11,200 km² (4,340 mi²), which is 43% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Netherlands is about 1.21, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Netherlands also has the larger population: 17.9 million against 5.0 million, 3.60× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 480 in Netherlands against 193 in Sicily (Italy): Netherlands is 2.49× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,760 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Netherlands at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Sicily (Italy) at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Netherlands as 2.40× the size of Sicily (Italy) instead of 1.43×.
Together Netherlands and Sicily (Italy) cover 63,000 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 2.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 11,200 km², is about the size of Qatar (11,200 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Netherlands would have 7.2 million people (it has 17.9 million). At Netherlands's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 12.4 million (it has 5.0 million).
Netherlands's centre is 14.7° of latitude, about 1,630 km, farther north than Sicily (Italy)'s.
Netherlands ranks 137th 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.
Netherlands lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,630 km) north of Sicily (Italy).
Shared out evenly, each person in Netherlands would have about 2,080 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Netherlands and Sicily (Italy) would cover 63,000 km², about the same size as Latvia.
Together they have 22.9 million people, about as many people as Burkina Faso.
Counted as a country, Sicily (Italy) would rank 148th by area and 125th by population.

Side by side

	Netherlands	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	CountryEurope	RegionItaly
Area, measured	37,100 km²14,300 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	37,400 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	136th of 239worldwide	1st of 20in Italy
Population	17.9 millionWikidata, 2024	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	67th of 237worldwide	4th of 20in Italy
Density	480 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Amsterdam	Palermo
Latitude range	51°N to 54°N	35°N to 39°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 37,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 37,400 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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