Phuket is 1.06× the size of Puducherry

What fits

• Puducherry is 94% of the size of Phuket.
• Phuket is larger by 30.7 km² (11.9 mi²), which is 5.8% of the area of Puducherry.
• Measured in Belgiums: Phuket is about 0.02, Puducherry about 0.02.

How they differ

• Phuket is larger, but Puducherry has the larger population: 1.4 million against 414,000, 3.36× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 2,650 in Puducherry against 744 in Phuket: Puducherry is 3.56× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,180 km apart.
• Together Phuket and Puducherry cover 1,080 km², close to the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km², 4.3% smaller).
• At Puducherry's density, Phuket would have 1.5 million people (it has 414,000). At Phuket's density, Puducherry would have 392,000 (it has 1.4 million).
• Puducherry's centre is 4.0° of latitude, about 440 km, farther north than Phuket's.
• Phuket is the 76th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Puducherry is the 34th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Puducherry lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 443 km) north of Phuket.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Phuket would have about 1,340 m² and each person in Puducherry about 380 m².
• Laid side by side, Phuket and Puducherry would cover 1,080 km², 1.04× the size of São Tomé and Príncipe.
• Together they have 1.8 million people, about as many people as North Macedonia.
• Phuket is drawn from 37 points and Puducherry is drawn from 37 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 557 km² is 2.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 543 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 526 km² is 7.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 492 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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