Pays de la Loire is 1.24× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Pays de la Loire (region of France) covers about 32,100 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.

32,100km²Pays de la Loire
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

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Pays de la Loire
Sicily (Italy)

What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 81% of the size of Pays de la Loire.
Pays de la Loire is larger by 6,260 km² (2,420 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Pays de la Loire is about 1.05, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Pays de la Loire is larger, but Sicily (Italy) has the larger population: 5.0 million against 3.9 million, 1.28× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 121 in Pays de la Loire: Sicily (Italy) is 1.60× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,640 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Pays de la Loire at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Sicily (Italy) at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Pays de la Loire as 1.71× the size of Sicily (Italy) instead of 1.24×.
Together Pays de la Loire and Sicily (Italy) cover 58,000 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 2.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 6,260 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Pays de la Loire would have 6.2 million people (it has 3.9 million). At Pays de la Loire's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 3.1 million (it has 5.0 million).
Pays de la Loire's centre is 9.9° of latitude, about 1,100 km, farther north than Sicily (Italy)'s.
Pays de la Loire is the 8th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 9th 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.
Pays de la Loire lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,100 km) north of Sicily (Italy).
Shared out evenly, each person in Pays de la Loire would have about 8,280 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Pays de la Loire and Sicily (Italy) would cover 58,000 km², about the same size as Togo.
Together they have 8.9 million people, about as many people as Papua New Guinea.

Side by side

	Pays de la Loire	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	RegionFrance	RegionItaly
Area, measured	32,100 km²12,400 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	32,100 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 18in France	1st of 20in Italy
Population	3.9 millionWikidata, 2022	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	8th of 18in France	4th of 20in Italy
Density	121 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Nantes	Palermo
Latitude range	46°N to 49°N	35°N to 39°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,100 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 Pays de la Loire 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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