Sikkim is 1.21× the size of Maha Sarakham

What fits

• Maha Sarakham is 83% of the size of Sikkim.
• Sikkim is larger by 1,210 km² (465 mi²), which is 21% of the area of Maha Sarakham.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Maha Sarakham about 0.19.

How they differ

• Sikkim is larger, but Maha Sarakham has the larger population: 954,000 against 658,000, 1.45× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 166 in Maha Sarakham against 95 in Sikkim: Maha Sarakham is 1.75× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,990 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Maha Sarakham at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Sikkim as 1.42× the size of Maha Sarakham instead of 1.21×.
• Together Sikkim and Maha Sarakham cover 12,700 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 0.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,210 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Maha Sarakham's density, Sikkim would have 1.2 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Maha Sarakham would have 544,000 (it has 954,000).
• Sikkim's centre is 11.6° of latitude, about 1,290 km, farther north than Maha Sarakham'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.
• Maha Sarakham is the 38th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
• Sikkim lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,290 km) north of Maha Sarakham.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Maha Sarakham about 6,020 m².
• Laid side by side, Sikkim and Maha Sarakham would cover 12,700 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
• Together they have 1.6 million people, 88% 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.
• Our measured 5,740 km² is 8.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,290 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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