Sikkim is 1.10× the size of Gunma
Sikkim (state of India) covers about 6,940 km² (2,680 mi²) and Gunma (prefecture of Japan) about 6,340 km² (2,450 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,940km²Sikkim
- 6,340km²Gunma
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- Sikkim
- Gunma
What fits
- Gunma is 91% of the size of Sikkim.
- Sikkim is larger by 606 km² (234 mi²), which is 9.6% of the area of Gunma.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Gunma about 0.21.
How they differ
- Sikkim is larger, but Gunma has the larger population: 1.9 million against 658,000, 2.94× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 305 in Gunma against 95 in Sikkim: Gunma is 3.22× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,810 km apart.
- On a standard web map Gunma looks larger than Sikkim: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Gunma at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Gunma as 1.11× the size of Sikkim, when Sikkim is 1.10× the size of Gunma.
- Together Sikkim and Gunma cover 13,300 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 3.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 606 km², is about the size of Saint Lucia (605 km²).
- At Gunma's density, Sikkim would have 2.1 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Gunma would have 600,000 (it has 1.9 million).
- Gunma's centre is 8.9° of latitude, about 990 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.
- Gunma is the 22nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
- Gunma lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 992 km) north of Sikkim.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Gunma about 3,270 m².
- Laid side by side, Sikkim and Gunma would cover 13,300 km², 97% of the size of Montenegro.
- Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Qatar.
Side by side
| Sikkim | Gunma | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 6,940 km²2,680 mi² | 6,340 km²2,450 mi² |
| Official area | 7,100 km²Wikidata | 6,360 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 30th of 36in India | 22nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 658,000Wikidata, 2011 | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 36in India | 18th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 95 per km² | 305 per km² |
| Capital | Gangtok | Maebashi |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 28°N | 36°N to 37°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 6,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,340 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