Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 1.06× the size of Sikkim

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (region of Italy) covers about 7,340 km² (2,830 mi²) and Sikkim (state of India) about 6,940 km² (2,680 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

7,340km²Friuli-Venezia Giulia
6,940km²Sikkim

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Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Sikkim

What fits

Sikkim is 95% of the size of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is larger by 399 km² (154 mi²), which is 5.8% of the area of Sikkim.
Measured in Belgiums: Friuli-Venezia Giulia is about 0.24, Sikkim about 0.23.

How they differ

Friuli-Venezia Giulia also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 658,000, 1.85× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 166 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia against 95 in Sikkim: Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 1.75× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,750 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Friuli-Venezia Giulia at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Sikkim at 28°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Friuli-Venezia Giulia as 1.73× the size of Sikkim instead of 1.06×.
Together Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Sikkim cover 14,300 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 3.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 399 km², is about the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
At Sikkim's density, Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have 696,000 people (it has 1.2 million). At Friuli-Venezia Giulia's density, Sikkim would have 1.1 million (it has 658,000).
Friuli-Venezia Giulia's centre is 18.6° of latitude, about 2,070 km, farther north than Sikkim's.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is the 17th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 10th 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.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,070 km) north of Sikkim.
Shared out evenly, each person in Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have about 6,040 m² and each person in Sikkim about 10,550 m².
Laid side by side, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Sikkim would cover 14,300 km², 1.04× the size of Montenegro.
Together they have 1.9 million people, about as many people as Guinea-Bissau.

Side by side

	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Sikkim
Is a	RegionItaly	StateIndia
Area, measured	7,340 km²2,830 mi²	6,940 km²2,680 mi²
Official area	7,860 km²Wikidata	7,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	17th of 20in Italy	30th of 36in India
Population	1.2 millionWikidata, 2019	658,000Wikidata, 2011
Rank by population	15th of 20in Italy	32nd of 36in India
Density	166 per km²	95 per km²
Capital	Trieste	Gangtok
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N	27°N to 28°N

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 7,340 km² is 6.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,860 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Friuli-Venezia Giulia is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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