Sikkim is 1.19× the size of Mie
Sikkim (state of India) covers about 6,940 km² (2,680 mi²) and Mie (prefecture of Japan) about 5,820 km² (2,250 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,940km²Sikkim
- 5,820km²Mie
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- Sikkim
- Mie
What fits
- Mie is 84% of the size of Sikkim.
- Sikkim is larger by 1,120 km² (434 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Mie.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Mie about 0.19.
How they differ
- Sikkim is larger, but Mie has the larger population: 1.8 million against 658,000, 2.69× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 304 in Mie against 95 in Sikkim: Mie is 3.21× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,590 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Mie at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Sikkim as 1.03× the size of Mie instead of 1.19×.
- Together Sikkim and Mie cover 12,800 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 1.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,120 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Mie's density, Sikkim would have 2.1 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Mie would have 551,000 (it has 1.8 million).
- Mie's centre is 6.9° of latitude, about 770 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.
- Mie is the 25th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
- Mie lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 771 km) north of Sikkim.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Mie about 3,290 m².
- Laid side by side, Sikkim and Mie would cover 12,800 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
- Together they have 2.4 million people, about as many people as Moldova.
Side by side
| Sikkim | Mie | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 6,940 km²2,680 mi² | 5,820 km²2,250 mi² |
| Official area | 7,100 km²Wikidata | 5,780 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 30th of 36in India | 25th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 658,000Wikidata, 2011 | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 36in India | 22nd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 95 per km² | 304 per km² |
| Capital | Gangtok | Tsu |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 28°N | 34°N to 35°N |
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 5,780 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,820 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- 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