Sikkim is 1.20× the size of Federal District
Sikkim (state of India) covers about 6,940 km² (2,680 mi²) and Federal District (federal district of Brazil) about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,940km²Sikkim
- 5,790km²Federal District
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- Sikkim
- Federal District
What fits
- Federal District is 83% of the size of Sikkim.
- Sikkim is larger by 1,150 km² (444 mi²), which is 20% of the area of Federal District.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Federal District about 0.19.
How they differ
- Sikkim is larger, but Federal District has the larger population: 2.8 million against 658,000, 4.28× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 95 in Sikkim: Federal District is 5.13× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 15,300 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Federal District at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Sikkim as 1.41× the size of Federal District instead of 1.20×.
- Together Sikkim and Federal District cover 12,700 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 1.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,150 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Federal District's density, Sikkim would have 3.4 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Federal District would have 549,000 (it has 2.8 million).
- Sikkim's centre is 43.3° of latitude, about 4,820 km, farther north than Federal District'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.
- Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Sikkim lies about 43° of latitude (roughly 4,820 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Federal District about 2,060 m².
- Laid side by side, Sikkim and Federal District would cover 12,700 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
- Together they have 3.5 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.
Side by side
| Sikkim | Federal District | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | Federal DistrictBrazil |
| Area, measured | 6,940 km²2,680 mi² | 5,790 km²2,240 mi² |
| Official area | 7,100 km²Wikidata | 5,760 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 30th of 36in India | 27th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 658,000Wikidata, 2011 | 2.8 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 36in India | 20th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 95 per km² | 486 per km² |
| Capital | Gangtok | Brasília |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 28°N | 16°S to 15°S |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2022. 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 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 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