Sicily (Italy) is 1.02× the size of Maryland

Sicily (Italy) (region of Italy) covers about 25,900 km² (9,990 mi²) and Maryland (state of the United States) about 25,500 km² (9,830 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

25,900km²Sicily (Italy)
25,500km²Maryland

100 km

Sicily (Italy)
Maryland

What fits

Maryland is 98% of the size of Sicily (Italy).
Sicily (Italy) is larger by 405 km² (156 mi²), which is 1.6% of the area of Maryland.
Measured in Belgiums: Sicily (Italy) is about 0.84, Maryland about 0.83.

How they differ

Sicily (Italy) is larger, but Maryland has the larger population: 6.2 million against 5.0 million, 1.24× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 243 in Maryland against 193 in Sicily (Italy): Maryland is 1.26× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,560 km apart.
On a standard web map Maryland looks larger than Sicily (Italy): Sicily (Italy) at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Maryland at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Maryland as 1.02× the size of Sicily (Italy), when Sicily (Italy) is 1.02× the size of Maryland.
Together Sicily (Italy) and Maryland cover 51,300 km², close to the size of Costa Rica (51,200 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 405 km², is about the size of Seychelles (436 km²).
At Maryland's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 6.3 million people (it has 5.0 million). At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Maryland would have 4.9 million (it has 6.2 million).
Maryland's centre is 1.5° of latitude, about 160 km, farther north than Sicily (Italy)'s.
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.
Maryland is the 42nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 38°N and 39°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Sicily (Italy) would have about 5,190 m² and each person in Maryland about 4,120 m².
Laid side by side, Sicily (Italy) and Maryland would cover 51,300 km², about the same size as Costa Rica.
Together they have 11.2 million people, about as many people as Somalia.

Side by side

	Sicily (Italy)	Maryland
Is a	RegionItaly	StateUnited States
Area, measured	25,900 km²9,990 mi²	25,500 km²9,830 mi²
Official area	25,700 km²Wikidata	32,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 20in Italy	42nd of 51in the United States
Population	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019	6.2 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	4th of 20in Italy	18th of 51in the United States
Density	193 per km²	243 per km²
Capital	Palermo	Annapolis
Latitude range	35°N to 39°N	38°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 25,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 25,900 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 25,500 km² is 21% below Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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