Sicily is an island of the country of Italy, whereas Northern Italy is a geographical and cultural region of the Northern part of Italy. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Sicily and Northern Italy regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Sicily bigger than Northern Italy?
The total area of Sicily is 25,711 sq km, and the total area of Northern Italy is 120,260 sq km. Sicily is smaller than Northern Italy by 94,549 sq km. Sicily is around 4.7 times smaller than Northern Italy.
Area of Sicily: 9,927 sq mi ( 25,711 km2 )
Area of Northern Italy: 46,430 sq mi ( 120,260 km2 )
Population
According to the Eurostat data, the total population of Sicily as of 2019 was estimated to be around 5 Million.
Based on Wikipedia data, the total population of Northern Italy as of 2014 was estimated to be around 27,801,460.
Here is some more data comparison between Sicily and Northern Italy.
Official Languages
Sicily: Italian
Northern Italy: Italian
Human Development Index
HDI of Sicily as of 2018: 0.838
HDI of Northern Italy as of 2018: 0.883
Sicily Timezone:
UTC + 1 (Central European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 2 (Central European Summer Time)
Northern Italy Timezone:
UTC + 1 (Central European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 2 (Central European Summer Time)
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