Sikkim is 1.01× the size of Kalasin

What fits

• Kalasin is 99% of the size of Sikkim.
• Sikkim is larger by 98.7 km² (38.1 mi²), which is 1.4% of the area of Kalasin.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Kalasin about 0.22.

How they differ

• Sikkim is larger, but Kalasin has the larger population: 977,000 against 658,000, 1.49× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 143 in Kalasin against 95 in Sikkim: Kalasin is 1.51× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,980 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Kalasin at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Sikkim as 1.19× the size of Kalasin instead of 1.01×.
• Together Sikkim and Kalasin cover 13,800 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 0.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 98.7 km², is about the size of Maldives (109 km²).
• At Kalasin's density, Sikkim would have 991,000 people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Kalasin would have 649,000 (it has 977,000).
• Sikkim's centre is 10.9° of latitude, about 1,220 km, farther north than Kalasin'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.
• Kalasin is the 30th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
• Sikkim lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,220 km) north of Kalasin.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Kalasin about 7,000 m².
• Laid side by side, Sikkim and Kalasin would cover 13,800 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 1.6 million people, 89% 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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 6,950 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,840 km², to within 2%.

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