New Zealand is 10.4× the size of Sicily (Italy)

New Zealand (Oceania) covers about 268,000 km² (104,000 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.

268,000km²New Zealand
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

500 km

New Zealand
Sicily (Italy)

What fits

Sicily (Italy) fits inside New Zealand about 10.4 times by area.
New Zealand is larger by 243,000 km² (93,700 mi²), which is 938% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: New Zealand is about 8.75, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

New Zealand also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 5.0 million, 1.07× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 20 in New Zealand: Sicily (Italy) is 9.75× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 18,100 km apart.
Together New Zealand and Sicily (Italy) cover 294,000 km², close to the size of Philippines (293,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 243,000 km², is about the size of Uganda (242,000 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, New Zealand would have 51.7 million people (it has 5.3 million). At New Zealand's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 511,000 (it has 5.0 million).
Sicily (Italy)'s centre is 79.3° of latitude, about 8,820 km, farther north than New Zealand's.
New Zealand ranks 76th 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.
Sicily (Italy) lies about 79° of latitude (roughly 8,820 km) north of New Zealand, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in New Zealand would have about 50,590 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, New Zealand and Sicily (Italy) would cover 294,000 km², about the same size as the Philippines.
Together they have 10.3 million people, about as many people as Portugal.
Counted as a country, Sicily (Italy) would rank 148th by area and 125th by population.

Side by side

	New Zealand	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	CountryOceania	RegionItaly
Area, measured	268,000 km²104,000 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	268,000 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	75th of 239worldwide	1st of 20in Italy
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	119th of 237worldwide	4th of 20in Italy
Density	20 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Wellington	Palermo
Latitude range	53°S to 29°S	35°N to 39°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 268,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 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 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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