Lakshadweep and Sint Maarten are almost exactly the same size

What fits

• Sint Maarten is 100% of the size of Lakshadweep.
• The measured areas differ by 0.1 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
• Measured in Belgiums: Lakshadweep is about 0.00, Sint Maarten about 0.00.

How they differ

• Lakshadweep also has the larger population: 64,000 against 44,000, 1.47× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 1,889 in Lakshadweep against 1,290 in Sint Maarten: Lakshadweep is 1.47× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 14,300 km apart.
• On a standard web map Sint Maarten looks larger than Lakshadweep: Lakshadweep at 10°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Sint Maarten at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Sint Maarten as 1.07× the size of Lakshadweep, when Lakshadweep is 1.00× the size of Sint Maarten.
• At Sint Maarten's density, Lakshadweep would have 44,000 people (it has 64,000). At Lakshadweep's density, Sint Maarten would have 64,000 (it has 44,000).
• Sint Maarten's centre is 7.9° of latitude, about 880 km, farther north than Lakshadweep's.
• Lakshadweep is the 36th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
• Sint Maarten ranks 235th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Sint Maarten lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 881 km) north of Lakshadweep.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Lakshadweep would have about 530 m² and each person in Sint Maarten about 780 m².
• Laid side by side, Lakshadweep and Sint Maarten would cover 68.1 km², 92% of the size of Guernsey.
• Lakshadweep is drawn from 94 points and Sint Maarten is drawn from 6 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, Lakshadweep would rank 230th by area and 202nd by population.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 34.1 km² is 6.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 32.0 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Our measured 23.4 km² is 31% below Wikidata's official figure of 34.0 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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