Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 1.21× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region of France) covers about 31,300 km² (12,100 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.

31,300km²Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Sicily (Italy)

What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 83% of the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is larger by 5,480 km² (2,120 mi²), which is 21% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is about 1.02, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur also has the larger population: 5.2 million against 5.0 million, 1.04× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 165 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: Sicily (Italy) is 1.17× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 982 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Sicily (Italy) at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur as 1.47× the size of Sicily (Italy) instead of 1.21×.
Together Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Sicily (Italy) cover 57,200 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 5,480 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have 6.0 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 4.3 million (it has 5.0 million).
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's centre is 6.4° of latitude, about 710 km, farther north than Sicily (Italy)'s.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the 10th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.9% of its area; it is the 7th 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.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 707 km) north of Sicily (Italy).
Shared out evenly, each person in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have about 6,060 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Sicily (Italy) would cover 57,200 km², about the same size as Togo.
Together they have 10.2 million people, about as many people as Azerbaijan.

Side by side

	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	RegionFrance	RegionItaly
Area, measured	31,300 km²12,100 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	31,400 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 18in France	1st of 20in Italy
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2022	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	7th of 18in France	4th of 20in Italy
Density	165 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Marseille	Palermo
Latitude range	43°N to 45°N	35°N to 39°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 31,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 31,300 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 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 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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