Sicily (Italy) is 1.11× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Sicily (Italy) (region of Italy) covers about 25,900 km² (9,990 mi²) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (state of Germany) about 23,200 km² (8,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

25,900km²Sicily (Italy)
23,200km²Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

100 km

Sicily (Italy)
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

What fits

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 90% of the size of Sicily (Italy).
Sicily (Italy) is larger by 2,660 km² (1,030 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Measured in Belgiums: Sicily (Italy) is about 0.84, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 0.76.

How they differ

Sicily (Italy) also has the larger population: 5.0 million against 1.6 million, 3.17× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Sicily (Italy) is 2.85× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,800 km apart.
On a standard web map Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania looks larger than Sicily (Italy): Sicily (Italy) at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 1.61× the size of Sicily (Italy), when Sicily (Italy) is 1.11× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Together Sicily (Italy) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania cover 49,100 km², close to the size of Slovakia (48,500 km², 1.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,660 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 1.8 million people (it has 5.0 million). At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 4.5 million (it has 1.6 million).
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 16.2° of latitude, about 1,800 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.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the 6th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,800 km) north of Sicily (Italy).
Shared out evenly, each person in Sicily (Italy) would have about 5,190 m² and each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 14,770 m².
Laid side by side, Sicily (Italy) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would cover 49,100 km², about the same size as Slovakia.
Together they have 6.6 million people, about as many people as Serbia.

Side by side

	Sicily (Italy)	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Is a	RegionItaly	StateGermany
Area, measured	25,900 km²9,990 mi²	23,200 km²8,960 mi²
Official area	25,700 km²Wikidata	23,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 20in Italy	6th of 16in Germany
Population	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019	1.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	4th of 20in Italy	14th of 16in Germany
Density	193 per km²	68 per km²
Capital	Palermo	Schwerin
Latitude range	35°N to 39°N	53°N to 55°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 25,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 25,900 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 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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