Jammu and Kashmir is 1.87× the size of Chiang Mai

What fits

• Chiang Mai is 53% of the size of Jammu and Kashmir.
• Jammu and Kashmir is larger by 19,800 km² (7,640 mi²), which is 87% of the area of Chiang Mai.
• Measured in Belgiums: Jammu and Kashmir is about 1.39, Chiang Mai about 0.74.

How they differ

• Jammu and Kashmir also has the larger population: 12.3 million against 1.8 million, 6.87× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 288 in Jammu and Kashmir against 78 in Chiang Mai: Jammu and Kashmir is 3.67× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,860 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Jammu and Kashmir at 34°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Chiang Mai at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Jammu and Kashmir as 2.41× the size of Chiang Mai instead of 1.87×.
• Together Jammu and Kashmir and Chiang Mai cover 65,300 km², close to the size of Lithuania (64,900 km², 0.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 19,800 km², is about the size of Slovenia (20,300 km²).
• At Chiang Mai's density, Jammu and Kashmir would have 3.3 million people (it has 12.3 million). At Jammu and Kashmir's density, Chiang Mai would have 6.6 million (it has 1.8 million).
• Jammu and Kashmir's centre is 14.8° of latitude, about 1,640 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
• Jammu and Kashmir is the 22nd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
• Chiang Mai is the largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 4.4% of its area; it is the 64th most densely populated of them.
• Jammu and Kashmir lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,640 km) north of Chiang Mai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Jammu and Kashmir would have about 3,470 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
• Laid side by side, Jammu and Kashmir and Chiang Mai would cover 65,300 km², about the same size as Lithuania.
• Together they have 14.0 million people, about as many people as Benin.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 42,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,600 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 22,800 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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