Sicily is an island of the country of Italy located in the Mediterranean sea, whereas Greece is a country located in Southeast Europe. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Sicily and Greece regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Sicily bigger than Greece?
The total area of Sicily is 25,711 sq km, and the total area of Greece is 50,949 sq km. Sicily is smaller than Greece by 25,238 sq km. Sicily is around 1.98 times smaller than Greece.
Area of Sicily: 9,927 sq mi ( 25,711 km2 )
Area of Greece: 50,949 sq mi (131,957 km2 )
Population
According to the Eurostat data, the total population of Sicily as of 2019 was estimated to be around 5 Million.
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the current population of Greece as of 19th June 2021, is 10,374,810.
Here is some more data comparison between Sicily and Greece.
The capital city of Sicily is Palermo, and the capital city of Greece is Athens.
Official Languages
Sicily: Italian
Greece: Greek
Human Development Index
HDI of Sicily as of 2018: 0.838
HDI of Greece as of 2018: 0.888
Sicily Timezone:
UTC + 1 (Central European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 2 (Central European Summer Time)
Greece Timezone:
Greece Timezone:
UTC + 2 (Eastern European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 3 (Eastern European Summer Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Sicily:
37° 30′ 0″ N, 14° 0′ 0″ E
Coordinates of Greece:
39° 0′ 0″ N, 22° 0′ 0″ E
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