Sikkim is 1.36× the size of Chiba
Sikkim (state of India) covers about 6,940 km² (2,680 mi²) and Chiba (prefecture of Japan) about 5,110 km² (1,970 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,940km²Sikkim
- 5,110km²Chiba
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- Sikkim
- Chiba
What fits
- Chiba is 74% of the size of Sikkim.
- Sikkim is larger by 1,830 km² (707 mi²), which is 36% of the area of Chiba.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Chiba about 0.17.
How they differ
- Sikkim is larger, but Chiba has the larger population: 6.3 million against 658,000, 9.54× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,228 in Chiba against 95 in Sikkim: Chiba is 13.0× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,930 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Chiba at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Sikkim as 1.15× the size of Chiba instead of 1.36×.
- Together Sikkim and Chiba 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 Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Chiba's density, Sikkim would have 8.5 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Chiba would have 484,000 (it has 6.3 million).
- Chiba's centre is 7.9° of latitude, about 880 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.
- Chiba is the 27th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Chiba lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 883 km) north of Sikkim.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Chiba about 810 m².
- Laid side by side, Sikkim and Chiba would cover 12,100 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
- Together they have 6.9 million people, about as many people as Laos.
Side by side
| Sikkim | Chiba | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 6,940 km²2,680 mi² | 5,110 km²1,970 mi² |
| Official area | 7,100 km²Wikidata | 5,160 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 30th of 36in India | 27th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 658,000Wikidata, 2011 | 6.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 36in India | 6th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 95 per km² | 1,228 per km² |
| Capital | Gangtok | Chiba |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 28°N | 35°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2021. 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 5,160 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,110 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