Basque Country is 1.02× the size of Sikkim

What fits

• Sikkim is 98% of the size of Basque Country.
• Basque Country is larger by 119 km² (46.1 mi²), which is 1.7% of the area of Sikkim.
• Measured in Belgiums: Basque Country is about 0.23, Sikkim about 0.23.

How they differ

• Basque Country also has the larger population: 2.2 million against 658,000, 3.39× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 316 in Basque Country against 95 in Sikkim: Basque Country is 3.33× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,040 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Basque Country at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Sikkim at 28°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Basque Country as 1.50× the size of Sikkim instead of 1.02×.
• Together Basque Country and Sikkim cover 14,000 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 2.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 119 km², is about the size of Jersey (119 km²).
• At Sikkim's density, Basque Country would have 669,000 people (it has 2.2 million). At Basque Country's density, Sikkim would have 2.2 million (it has 658,000).
• Basque Country's centre is 15.5° of latitude, about 1,720 km, farther north than Sikkim's.
• Basque Country is the 14th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
• Sikkim is the 30th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
• Basque Country lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,720 km) north of Sikkim.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Basque Country would have about 3,170 m² and each person in Sikkim about 10,550 m².
• Laid side by side, Basque Country and Sikkim would cover 14,000 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 2.9 million people, about as many people as Lithuania.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 7,060 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,230 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 6,940 km² is 2.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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