Sikkim is 1.19× the size of Chanthaburi

What fits

• Chanthaburi is 84% of the size of Sikkim.
• Sikkim is larger by 1,110 km² (429 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Chanthaburi.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Chanthaburi about 0.19.

How they differ

• Sikkim also has the larger population: 658,000 against 536,000, 1.23× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 95 in Sikkim against 92 in Chanthaburi: Sikkim is 1.03× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,170 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Chanthaburi at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Sikkim as 1.44× the size of Chanthaburi instead of 1.19×.
• Together Sikkim and Chanthaburi cover 12,800 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 1.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,110 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Chanthaburi's density, Sikkim would have 638,000 people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Chanthaburi would have 553,000 (it has 536,000).
• Sikkim's centre is 14.7° of latitude, about 1,640 km, farther north than Chanthaburi'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.
• Chanthaburi is the 36th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 52nd most densely populated of them.
• Sikkim lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,640 km) north of Chanthaburi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Chanthaburi about 10,890 m².
• Laid side by side, Sikkim and Chanthaburi would cover 12,800 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
• Together they have 1.2 million people, 97% as many people as Eswatini.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2020. 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 5,830 km² is 8.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 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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