Sikkim is 1.34× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 74% of the size of Sikkim.
• Sikkim is larger by 1,770 km² (684 mi²), which is 34% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Sikkim is larger, but Delaware has the larger population: 990,000 against 658,000, 1.50× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Delaware against 95 in Sikkim: Delaware is 2.02× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,400 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Delaware at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Sikkim as 1.03× the size of Delaware instead of 1.34×.
• Together Sikkim and Delaware cover 12,100 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 1.5% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,770 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Sikkim would have 1.3 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Delaware would have 490,000 (it has 990,000).
• Delaware's centre is 11.4° of latitude, about 1,270 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.
• Delaware is the 49th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,270 km) north of Sikkim.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Sikkim and Delaware would cover 12,100 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 1.6 million people, 90% as many people as North Macedonia.

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 5,170 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,450 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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