Sikkim is 1.30× the size of Cantabria

What fits

• Cantabria is 77% of the size of Sikkim.
• Sikkim is larger by 1,590 km² (616 mi²), which is 30% of the area of Cantabria.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Cantabria about 0.17.

How they differ

• Sikkim also has the larger population: 658,000 against 592,000, 1.11× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 111 in Cantabria against 95 in Sikkim: Cantabria is 1.17× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,140 km apart.
• On a standard web map Cantabria looks larger than Sikkim: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Cantabria at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Cantabria as 1.14× the size of Sikkim, when Sikkim is 1.30× the size of Cantabria.
• Together Sikkim and Cantabria cover 12,300 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 0.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,590 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Cantabria's density, Sikkim would have 768,000 people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Cantabria would have 507,000 (it has 592,000).
• Cantabria's centre is 15.6° of latitude, about 1,740 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.
• Cantabria is the 15th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Cantabria lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,740 km) north of Sikkim.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Cantabria about 9,040 m².
• Laid side by side, Sikkim and Cantabria would cover 12,300 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 1.2 million people, about as many people as Mauritius.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2024. 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 5,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,350 km², to within 2%.

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