Puebla is 1.34× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Puebla (state of Mexico) covers about 34,600 km² (13,400 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.

34,600km²Puebla
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

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Puebla
Sicily (Italy)

What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 75% of the size of Puebla.
Puebla is larger by 8,720 km² (3,370 mi²), which is 34% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Puebla is about 1.13, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Puebla also has the larger population: 6.2 million against 5.0 million, 1.24× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 178 in Puebla: Sicily (Italy) is 1.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,500 km apart.
On a standard web map Sicily (Italy) looks larger than Puebla: Puebla at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Sicily (Italy) at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Sicily (Italy) as 1.06× the size of Puebla, when Puebla is 1.34× the size of Sicily (Italy).
Together Puebla and Sicily (Italy) cover 60,500 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 5.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 8,720 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Puebla would have 6.7 million people (it has 6.2 million). At Puebla's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 4.6 million (it has 5.0 million).
Sicily (Italy)'s centre is 18.6° of latitude, about 2,070 km, farther north than Puebla's.
Puebla is the 21st largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.8% 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.
Sicily (Italy) lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,070 km) north of Puebla.
Shared out evenly, each person in Puebla would have about 5,610 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Puebla and Sicily (Italy) would cover 60,500 km², 1.06× the size of Togo.
Together they have 11.2 million people, about as many people as Somalia.

Side by side

	Puebla	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	StateMexico	RegionItaly
Area, measured	34,600 km²13,400 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	34,300 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	21st of 32in Mexico	1st of 20in Italy
Population	6.2 millionWikidata, 2015	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	5th of 32in Mexico	4th of 20in Italy
Density	178 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza	Palermo
Latitude range	18°N to 21°N	35°N to 39°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 34,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 34,600 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 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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