Sicily (Italy) is 1.02× the size of Rwanda

Sicily (Italy) (region of Italy) covers about 25,900 km² (9,990 mi²) and Rwanda (Africa) about 25,300 km² (9,770 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

25,900km²Sicily (Italy)
25,300km²Rwanda

100 km

Sicily (Italy)
Rwanda

What fits

Rwanda is 98% of the size of Sicily (Italy).
Sicily (Italy) is larger by 562 km² (217 mi²), which is 2.2% of the area of Rwanda.
Measured in Belgiums: Sicily (Italy) is about 0.84, Rwanda about 0.83.

How they differ

Sicily (Italy) is larger, but Rwanda has the larger population: 14.6 million against 5.0 million, 2.92× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 576 in Rwanda against 193 in Sicily (Italy): Rwanda is 2.99× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,690 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sicily (Italy) at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Rwanda at 2°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Sicily (Italy) as 1.63× the size of Rwanda instead of 1.02×.
Together Sicily (Italy) and Rwanda cover 51,200 km², close to the size of Costa Rica (51,200 km², 0.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 562 km², is about the size of Isle of Man (575 km²).
At Rwanda's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 14.9 million people (it has 5.0 million). At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Rwanda would have 4.9 million (it has 14.6 million).
Sicily (Italy)'s centre is 39.6° of latitude, about 4,400 km, farther north than Rwanda'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.
Rwanda ranks 150th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Sicily (Italy) lies about 40° of latitude (roughly 4,400 km) north of Rwanda, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Sicily (Italy) would have about 5,190 m² and each person in Rwanda about 1,740 m².
Laid side by side, Sicily (Italy) and Rwanda would cover 51,200 km², about the same size as Costa Rica.
Together they have 19.6 million people, about as many people as Zambia.
Counted as a country, Sicily (Italy) would rank 148th by area and 125th by population.

Side by side

	Sicily (Italy)	Rwanda
Is a	RegionItaly	CountryAfrica
Area, measured	25,900 km²9,990 mi²	25,300 km²9,770 mi²
Official area	25,700 km²Wikidata	26,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 20in Italy	149th of 239worldwide
Population	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019	14.6 millionWikidata, 2025
Rank by population	4th of 20in Italy	75th of 237worldwide
Density	193 per km²	576 per km²
Capital	Palermo	Kigali
Latitude range	35°N to 39°N	3°S to 1°S

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2025. 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 25,300 km² is 3.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 26,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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