Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Kochi are almost exactly the same size

What fits

• Kochi is 100% of the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• The measured areas differ by 17.8 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
• Measured in Belgiums: Andaman and Nicobar Islands is about 0.23, Kochi about 0.23.

How they differ

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is larger, but Kochi has the larger population: 689,000 against 356,000, 1.93× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 97 in Kochi against 50 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Kochi is 1.94× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,790 km apart.
• On a standard web map Kochi looks larger than Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 11°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Kochi at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Kochi as 1.38× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, when Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 1.00× the size of Kochi.
• Together Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Kochi cover 14,200 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 3.3% smaller).
• At Kochi's density, Andaman and Nicobar Islands would have 691,000 people (it has 356,000). At Andaman and Nicobar Islands's density, Kochi would have 355,000 (it has 689,000).
• Kochi's centre is 22.3° of latitude, about 2,480 km, farther north than Andaman and Nicobar Islands'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.
• Kochi is the 17th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 43rd most densely populated of them.
• Kochi lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,480 km) north of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Andaman and Nicobar Islands would have about 19,950 m² and each person in Kochi about 10,290 m².
• Laid side by side, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Kochi would cover 14,200 km², 1.03× the size of Montenegro.
• Together they have 1.0 million people, 91% as many people as Djibouti.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2005 and Wikidata 2021. 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 7,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,090 km², to within 2%.

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