Hiroshima is 1.17× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

What fits

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 86% of the size of Hiroshima.
• Hiroshima is larger by 1,200 km² (462 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Measured in Belgiums: Hiroshima is about 0.27, Andaman and Nicobar Islands about 0.23.

How they differ

• Hiroshima also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 356,000, 7.84× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 336 in Hiroshima against 50 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Hiroshima is 6.71× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,790 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hiroshima at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 11°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Hiroshima as 1.66× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands instead of 1.17×.
• Together Hiroshima and Andaman and Nicobar Islands cover 15,400 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 2.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,200 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Andaman and Nicobar Islands's density, Hiroshima would have 416,000 people (it has 2.8 million). At Hiroshima's density, Andaman and Nicobar Islands would have 2.4 million (it has 356,000).
• Hiroshima's centre is 23.5° of latitude, about 2,610 km, farther north than Andaman and Nicobar Islands's.
• Hiroshima is the 12th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 16th 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.
• Hiroshima lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,610 km) north of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Hiroshima would have about 2,970 m² and each person in Andaman and Nicobar Islands about 19,950 m².
• Laid side by side, Hiroshima and Andaman and Nicobar Islands would cover 15,400 km², about the same size as East Timor.
• Together they have 3.1 million people, 1.07× as many people as Armenia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2005. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 8,300 km² is 2.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,480 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• 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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