Sikkim is 1.26× the size of Liguria
Sikkim (state of India) covers about 6,940 km² (2,680 mi²) and Liguria (region of Italy) about 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,940km²Sikkim
- 5,490km²Liguria
50 km
- Sikkim
- Liguria
What fits
- Liguria is 79% of the size of Sikkim.
- Sikkim is larger by 1,450 km² (560 mi²), which is 26% of the area of Liguria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Liguria about 0.18.
How they differ
- Sikkim is larger, but Liguria has the larger population: 1.6 million against 658,000, 2.36× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 282 in Liguria against 95 in Sikkim: Liguria is 2.98× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,140 km apart.
- On a standard web map Liguria looks larger than Sikkim: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Liguria at 44°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Liguria as 1.21× the size of Sikkim, when Sikkim is 1.26× the size of Liguria.
- Together Sikkim and Liguria cover 12,400 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 1.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,450 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Liguria's density, Sikkim would have 2.0 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Liguria would have 520,000 (it has 1.6 million).
- Liguria's centre is 16.7° of latitude, about 1,860 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.
- Liguria is the 18th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Liguria lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,860 km) north of Sikkim.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Liguria about 3,540 m².
- Laid side by side, Sikkim and Liguria would cover 12,400 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
- Together they have 2.2 million people, 1.07× as many people as Slovenia.
Side by side
| Sikkim | Liguria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 6,940 km²2,680 mi² | 5,490 km²2,120 mi² |
| Official area | 7,100 km²Wikidata | 5,420 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 30th of 36in India | 18th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 658,000Wikidata, 2011 | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 36in India | 12th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 95 per km² | 282 per km² |
| Capital | Gangtok | Genoa |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 28°N | 44°N to 45°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2019. 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 5,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,490 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Liguria is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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