Sicily is an island of the country of Italy located in the Mediterranean sea, whereas Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Sicily and Japan regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Sicily bigger than Japan?
The total area of Sicily is 25,711 sq km, and the total area of Japan is 377,975 sq km. Sicily is smaller than Japan by 352,264 sq km. Sicily is around 14.7 times smaller than Japan.
Area of Sicily: 9,927 sq mi ( 25,711 km2 )
Area of Japan: 145,937 sq mi ( 377,975 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 Japan as of 19th June 2021, is 126,108,397.
Here is some more data comparison between Sicily and Japan.
The capital city of Sicily is Palermo, and the capital city of Japan is Tokyo.
Official Languages
Sicily: Italian
Japan: Japanese
Human Development Index
HDI of Sicily as of 2018: 0.838
HDI of Japan as of 2018: 0.919
Sicily Timezone:
UTC + 1 (Central European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 2 (Central European Summer Time)
Japan Timezone:
UTC + 9 (Japan Standard Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Sicily:
37° 30′ 0″ N, 14° 0′ 0″ E
Coordinates of Japan:
36° 0′ 0″ N, 138° 0′ 0″ E
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