Delhi and Pathum Thani are almost exactly the same size

What fits

• Pathum Thani is 100% of the size of Delhi.
• The measured areas differ by 4.3 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
• Measured in Belgiums: Delhi is about 0.05, Pathum Thani about 0.05.

How they differ

• Delhi also has the larger population: 16.8 million against 1.2 million, 14.3× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 11,325 in Delhi against 796 in Pathum Thani: Delhi is 14.2× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,920 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Delhi at 29°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Pathum Thani at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Delhi as 1.23× the size of Pathum Thani instead of 1.00×.
• Together Delhi and Pathum Thani cover 2,960 km², close to the size of Samoa (2,780 km², 6.1% smaller).
• At Pathum Thani's density, Delhi would have 1.2 million people (it has 16.8 million). At Delhi's density, Pathum Thani would have 16.7 million (it has 1.2 million).
• Delhi's centre is 14.6° of latitude, about 1,620 km, farther north than Pathum Thani's.
• Delhi is the 32nd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Pathum Thani is the 70th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
• Delhi lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,620 km) north of Pathum Thani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Delhi would have about 90 m² and each person in Pathum Thani about 1,260 m².
• Laid side by side, Delhi and Pathum Thani would cover 2,960 km², 1.06× the size of Samoa.
• Together they have 18.0 million people, about as many people as the Netherlands.
• Delhi is drawn from 40 points and Pathum Thani is drawn from 22 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 1,480 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,480 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 1,480 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,530 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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