Sicily (Italy) is 1.11× the size of Valencian Community

Sicily (Italy) (region of Italy) covers about 25,900 km² (9,990 mi²) and Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

25,900km²Sicily (Italy)
23,300km²Valencian Community

100 km

Sicily (Italy)
Valencian Community

What fits

Valencian Community is 90% of the size of Sicily (Italy).
Sicily (Italy) is larger by 2,600 km² (1,000 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Valencian Community.
Measured in Belgiums: Sicily (Italy) is about 0.84, Valencian Community about 0.76.

How they differ

Sicily (Italy) is larger, but Valencian Community has the larger population: 5.3 million against 5.0 million, 1.07× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 229 in Valencian Community against 193 in Sicily (Italy): Valencian Community is 1.19× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,290 km apart.
Together Sicily (Italy) and Valencian Community cover 49,100 km², close to the size of Slovakia (48,500 km², 1.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,600 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Valencian Community's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 5.9 million people (it has 5.0 million). At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Valencian Community would have 4.5 million (it has 5.3 million).
Valencian Community's centre is 1.8° of latitude, about 200 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.
Valencian Community is the 8th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 4.6% of its area; it is the 8th 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 Valencian Community about 4,380 m².
Laid side by side, Sicily (Italy) and Valencian Community would cover 49,100 km², about the same size as Slovakia.
Together they have 10.3 million people, about as many people as Portugal.

Side by side

	Sicily (Italy)	Valencian Community
Is a	RegionItaly	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	25,900 km²9,990 mi²	23,300 km²8,980 mi²
Official area	25,700 km²Wikidata	23,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 20in Italy	8th of 19in Spain
Population	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	4th of 20in Italy	4th of 19in Spain
Density	193 per km²	229 per km²
Capital	Palermo	Valencia
Latitude range	35°N to 39°N	38°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2024. 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 23,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,300 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) and Valencian Community 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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