Canary Islands is 1.05× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

What fits

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 96% of the size of Canary Islands.
• Canary Islands is larger by 329 km² (127 mi²), which is 4.6% of the area of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Measured in Belgiums: Canary Islands is about 0.24, Andaman and Nicobar Islands about 0.23.

How they differ

• Canary Islands also has the larger population: 2.2 million against 356,000, 6.26× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 300 in Canary Islands against 50 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Canary Islands is 5.98× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,200 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Canary Islands at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 11°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Canary Islands as 1.30× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands instead of 1.05×.
• Together Canary Islands and Andaman and Nicobar Islands cover 14,500 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 3.7% bigger).
• The gap between them, 329 km², is about the size of Malta (326 km²).
• At Andaman and Nicobar Islands's density, Canary Islands would have 373,000 people (it has 2.2 million). At Canary Islands's density, Andaman and Nicobar Islands would have 2.1 million (it has 356,000).
• Canary Islands's centre is 17.2° of latitude, about 1,920 km, farther north than Andaman and Nicobar Islands's.
• Canary Islands is the 13th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• 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.
• Canary Islands lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,920 km) north of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Canary Islands would have about 3,340 m² and each person in Andaman and Nicobar Islands about 19,950 m².
• Laid side by side, Canary Islands and Andaman and Nicobar Islands would cover 14,500 km², 96% of the size of East Timor.
• Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Namibia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2005. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 7,450 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,440 km², to within 2%.
• 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.

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