Normandy is 1.16× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Normandy (region of France) covers about 30,100 km² (11,600 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.

30,100km²Normandy
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

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Normandy
Sicily (Italy)

What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 86% of the size of Normandy.
Normandy is larger by 4,270 km² (1,650 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Normandy is about 0.98, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Normandy is larger, but Sicily (Italy) has the larger population: 5.0 million against 3.3 million, 1.49× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 111 in Normandy: Sicily (Italy) is 1.74× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,710 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Normandy at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Sicily (Italy) at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Normandy as 1.71× the size of Sicily (Italy) instead of 1.16×.
Together Normandy and Sicily (Italy) cover 56,000 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,270 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Normandy would have 5.8 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Normandy's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 2.9 million (it has 5.0 million).
Normandy's centre is 11.5° of latitude, about 1,280 km, farther north than Sicily (Italy)'s.
Normandy is the 11th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 11th 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.
Normandy lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,280 km) north of Sicily (Italy).
Shared out evenly, each person in Normandy would have about 9,020 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Normandy and Sicily (Italy) would cover 56,000 km², about the same size as Togo.
Together they have 8.3 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	Normandy	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	RegionFrance	RegionItaly
Area, measured	30,100 km²11,600 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	29,900 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	11th of 18in France	1st of 20in Italy
Population	3.3 millionWikidata, 2022	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	10th of 18in France	4th of 20in Italy
Density	111 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Rouen	Palermo
Latitude range	48°N to 50°N	35°N to 39°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 29,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 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 Normandy 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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