Sikkim is 1.36× the size of Balearic Islands

What fits

• Balearic Islands is 74% of the size of Sikkim.
• Sikkim is larger by 1,830 km² (705 mi²), which is 36% of the area of Balearic Islands.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Balearic Islands about 0.17.

How they differ

• Sikkim is larger, but Balearic Islands has the larger population: 1.2 million against 658,000, 1.79× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 230 in Balearic Islands against 95 in Sikkim: Balearic Islands is 2.43× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,740 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Balearic Islands at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Sikkim as 1.03× the size of Balearic Islands instead of 1.36×.
• Together Sikkim and Balearic Islands cover 12,100 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 2.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,830 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Balearic Islands's density, Sikkim would have 1.6 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Balearic Islands would have 485,000 (it has 1.2 million).
• Balearic Islands's centre is 12.0° of latitude, about 1,330 km, farther north than Sikkim'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.
• Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Balearic Islands lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,330 km) north of Sikkim.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Balearic Islands about 4,350 m².
• Laid side by side, Sikkim and Balearic Islands would cover 12,100 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 1.8 million people, about as many people as North Macedonia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2022. 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.
• Our measured 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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