Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 1.23× the size of Federal District

What fits

• Federal District is 82% of the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is larger by 1,310 km² (507 mi²), which is 23% of the area of Federal District.
• Measured in Belgiums: Andaman and Nicobar Islands is about 0.23, Federal District about 0.19.

How they differ

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is larger, but Federal District has the larger population: 2.8 million against 356,000, 7.91× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 50 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Federal District is 9.71× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 15,700 km apart.
• Together Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Federal District cover 12,900 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 2.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,310 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Federal District's density, Andaman and Nicobar Islands would have 3.5 million people (it has 356,000). At Andaman and Nicobar Islands's density, Federal District would have 290,000 (it has 2.8 million).
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands's centre is 26.9° of latitude, about 2,990 km, farther north than Federal District's.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the 29th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
• Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands lies about 27° of latitude (roughly 2,990 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Andaman and Nicobar Islands would have about 19,950 m² and each person in Federal District about 2,060 m².
• Laid side by side, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Federal District would cover 12,900 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
• Together they have 3.2 million people, 93% as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2005 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 7,110 km² is 14% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,250 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 km², to within 2%.

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