Sikkim is 1.25× the size of Aguascalientes
Sikkim (state of India) covers about 6,940 km² (2,680 mi²) and Aguascalientes (state of Mexico) about 5,550 km² (2,140 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,940km²Sikkim
- 5,550km²Aguascalientes
20 km
- Sikkim
- Aguascalientes
What fits
- Aguascalientes is 80% of the size of Sikkim.
- Sikkim is larger by 1,390 km² (538 mi²), which is 25% of the area of Aguascalientes.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Aguascalientes about 0.18.
How they differ
- Sikkim is larger, but Aguascalientes has the larger population: 1.3 million against 658,000, 2.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 237 in Aguascalientes against 95 in Sikkim: Aguascalientes is 2.50× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,400 km apart.
- Together Sikkim and Aguascalientes cover 12,500 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 0.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,390 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Aguascalientes's density, Sikkim would have 1.6 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Aguascalientes would have 526,000 (it has 1.3 million).
- Sikkim's centre is 5.5° of latitude, about 620 km, farther north than Aguascalientes's.
- Sikkim is the 30th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
- Aguascalientes is the 29th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Sikkim lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 617 km) north of Aguascalientes.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Aguascalientes about 4,230 m².
- Laid side by side, Sikkim and Aguascalientes would cover 12,500 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
- Together they have 2.0 million people, about as many people as Lesotho.
Side by side
| Sikkim | Aguascalientes | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 6,940 km²2,680 mi² | 5,550 km²2,140 mi² |
| Official area | 7,100 km²Wikidata | 5,620 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 30th of 36in India | 29th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 658,000Wikidata, 2011 | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 36in India | 27th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 95 per km² | 237 per km² |
| Capital | Gangtok | Aguascalientes City |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 28°N | 22°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 6,940 km² is 2.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,620 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,550 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12