Puducherry is 1.33× the size of Mayotte

What fits

• Mayotte is 75% of the size of Puducherry.
• Puducherry is larger by 131 km² (50.7 mi²), which is 33% of the area of Mayotte.
• Measured in Belgiums: Puducherry is about 0.02, Mayotte about 0.01.

How they differ

• Puducherry also has the larger population: 1.4 million against 321,000, 4.35× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 2,650 in Puducherry against 813 in Mayotte: Puducherry is 3.26× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,630 km apart.
• Together Puducherry and Mayotte cover 921 km², close to the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km², 12% bigger).
• The gap between them, 131 km², is about the size of Liechtenstein (137 km²).
• At Mayotte's density, Puducherry would have 428,000 people (it has 1.4 million). At Puducherry's density, Mayotte would have 1.0 million (it has 321,000).
• Puducherry's centre is 24.8° of latitude, about 2,760 km, farther north than Mayotte's.
• 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.
• Mayotte is the 18th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Puducherry lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,760 km) north of Mayotte, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Puducherry would have about 380 m² and each person in Mayotte about 1,230 m².
• Laid side by side, Puducherry and Mayotte would cover 921 km², 89% of the size of São Tomé and Príncipe.
• Together they have 1.7 million people, 93% as many people as North Macedonia.
• Puducherry is drawn from 37 points and Mayotte is drawn from 44 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 2011 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• 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.
• Our measured 395 km² is 5.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 374 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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