Sikkim is 1.21× the size of Brunei
Sikkim (state of India) covers about 6,940 km² (2,680 mi²) and Brunei (Asia) about 5,720 km² (2,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,940km²Sikkim
- 5,720km²Brunei
50 km
- Sikkim
- Brunei
What fits
- Brunei is 82% of the size of Sikkim.
- Sikkim is larger by 1,230 km² (473 mi²), which is 21% of the area of Brunei.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Brunei about 0.19.
How they differ
- Sikkim also has the larger population: 658,000 against 459,000, 1.43× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 95 in Sikkim against 80 in Brunei: Sikkim is 1.18× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,780 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Brunei at 5°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Sikkim as 1.54× the size of Brunei instead of 1.21×.
- Together Sikkim and Brunei cover 12,700 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 0.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,230 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Brunei's density, Sikkim would have 557,000 people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Brunei would have 542,000 (it has 459,000).
- Sikkim's centre is 23.1° of latitude, about 2,560 km, farther north than Brunei'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.
- Brunei ranks 173rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Sikkim lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,560 km) north of Brunei.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Brunei about 12,460 m².
- Laid side by side, Sikkim and Brunei would cover 12,700 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
- Together they have 1.1 million people, 97% as many people as Djibouti.
- Counted as a country, Sikkim would rank 171st by area and 167th by population.
Side by side
| Sikkim | Brunei | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 6,940 km²2,680 mi² | 5,720 km²2,210 mi² |
| Official area | 7,100 km²Wikidata | 5,770 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 30th of 36in India | 172nd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 658,000Wikidata, 2011 | 459,000Wikidata, 2023 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 36in India | 174th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 95 per km² | 80 per km² |
| Capital | Gangtok | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 28°N | 4°N to 5°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2023. 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 5,770 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,720 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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