Sikkim is 1.30× the size of La Rioja

What fits

• La Rioja is 77% of the size of Sikkim.
• Sikkim is larger by 1,610 km² (622 mi²), which is 30% of the area of La Rioja.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, La Rioja about 0.17.

How they differ

• Sikkim also has the larger population: 658,000 against 324,000, 2.03× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 95 in Sikkim against 61 in La Rioja: Sikkim is 1.56× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,060 km apart.
• On a standard web map La Rioja looks larger than Sikkim: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and La Rioja at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows La Rioja as 1.10× the size of Sikkim, when Sikkim is 1.30× the size of La Rioja.
• Together Sikkim and La Rioja cover 12,300 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 0.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,610 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At La Rioja's density, Sikkim would have 422,000 people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, La Rioja would have 505,000 (it has 324,000).
• La Rioja's centre is 14.7° of latitude, about 1,640 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.
• La Rioja is the 16th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
• La Rioja lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,640 km) north of Sikkim.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in La Rioja about 16,440 m².
• Laid side by side, Sikkim and La Rioja would cover 12,300 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 982,000 people, 1.06× as many people as Fiji.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2024. 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 5,330 km² is 5.7% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,050 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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