Sikkim is 1.10× the size of Ibaraki

What fits

• Ibaraki is 91% of the size of Sikkim.
• Sikkim is larger by 606 km² (234 mi²), which is 9.6% of the area of Ibaraki.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Ibaraki about 0.21.

How they differ

• Sikkim is larger, but Ibaraki has the larger population: 2.9 million against 658,000, 4.35× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 452 in Ibaraki against 95 in Sikkim: Ibaraki is 4.77× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,930 km apart.
• On a standard web map Ibaraki looks larger than Sikkim: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Ibaraki at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Ibaraki as 1.10× the size of Sikkim, when Sikkim is 1.10× the size of Ibaraki.
• Together Sikkim and Ibaraki 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 Ibaraki's density, Sikkim would have 3.1 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Ibaraki would have 600,000 (it has 2.9 million).
• Ibaraki's centre is 8.7° of latitude, about 970 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.
• Ibaraki is the 23rd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
• Ibaraki lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 970 km) north of Sikkim.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Ibaraki about 2,210 m².
• Laid side by side, Sikkim and Ibaraki would cover 13,300 km², 97% of the size of Montenegro.
• Together they have 3.5 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

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.
• Our measured 6,340 km² is 3.9% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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