Jersey and Chandigarh are almost exactly the same size

What fits

• Chandigarh is 100% of the size of Jersey.
• The measured areas differ by 0.4 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
• Measured in Belgiums: Jersey is about 0.00, Chandigarh about 0.00.

How they differ

• Jersey is larger, but Chandigarh has the larger population: 1.1 million against 103,000, 10.2× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 8,892 in Chandigarh against 867 in Jersey: Chandigarh is 10.3× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,710 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Jersey at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Chandigarh at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Jersey as 1.74× the size of Chandigarh instead of 1.00×.
• At Chandigarh's density, Jersey would have 1.1 million people (it has 103,000). At Jersey's density, Chandigarh would have 103,000 (it has 1.1 million).
• Jersey's centre is 18.5° of latitude, about 2,050 km, farther north than Chandigarh's.
• Jersey ranks 223rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• 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.
• Jersey lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,050 km) north of Chandigarh.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Jersey would have about 1,150 m² and each person in Chandigarh about 110 m².
• Laid side by side, Jersey and Chandigarh would cover 238 km², 90% of the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
• Together they have 1.2 million people, about as many people as Djibouti.
• Jersey is drawn from 21 points and Chandigarh is drawn from 13 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
• Counted as a country, Chandigarh would rank 220th by area and 162nd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 118 km² agrees with our measured area of 119 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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