Extremadura is 355× the size of Chandigarh

What fits

• Chandigarh fits inside Extremadura about 355 times by area.
• Extremadura is larger by 42,000 km² (16,200 mi²), which is 35,372% of the area of Chandigarh.
• Measured in Belgiums: Extremadura is about 1.37, Chandigarh about 0.00.

How they differ

• Extremadura is larger, but Chandigarh has the larger population: 1.1 million against 1.1 million, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 8,892 in Chandigarh against 25 in Extremadura: Chandigarh is 356× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,350 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Extremadura at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Chandigarh at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Extremadura as 436× the size of Chandigarh instead of 355×.
• Together Extremadura and Chandigarh cover 42,200 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 1.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 42,000 km², is about the size of Switzerland (41,400 km²).
• At Chandigarh's density, Extremadura would have 374.4 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Extremadura's density, Chandigarh would have 2,970 (it has 1.1 million).
• Extremadura's centre is 8.4° of latitude, about 940 km, farther north than Chandigarh's.
• Extremadura is the 5th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 8.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
• Chandigarh is the 35th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Extremadura lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 939 km) north of Chandigarh.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Extremadura would have about 39,990 m² and each person in Chandigarh about 110 m².
• Laid side by side, Extremadura and Chandigarh would cover 42,200 km², about the same size as Denmark.
• Together they have 2.1 million people, about as many people as Slovenia.
• Chandigarh is drawn from 13 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 41,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,100 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 119 km² is 4.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 114 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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