Sikkim is 1.21× the size of Nakhon Phanom

What fits

• Nakhon Phanom is 82% of the size of Sikkim.
• Sikkim is larger by 1,220 km² (471 mi²), which is 21% of the area of Nakhon Phanom.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Nakhon Phanom about 0.19.

How they differ

• Sikkim is larger, but Nakhon Phanom has the larger population: 717,000 against 658,000, 1.09× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 125 in Nakhon Phanom against 95 in Sikkim: Nakhon Phanom is 1.32× 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 Nakhon Phanom at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Sikkim as 1.41× the size of Nakhon Phanom instead of 1.21×.
• Together Sikkim and Nakhon Phanom cover 12,700 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 0.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,220 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Nakhon Phanom's density, Sikkim would have 870,000 people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Nakhon Phanom would have 542,000 (it has 717,000).
• Sikkim's centre is 10.2° of latitude, about 1,130 km, farther north than Nakhon Phanom'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.
• Nakhon Phanom is the 39th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 39th most densely populated of them.
• Sikkim lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,130 km) north of Nakhon Phanom.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Nakhon Phanom about 7,980 m².
• Laid side by side, Sikkim and Nakhon Phanom would cover 12,700 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
• Together they have 1.4 million people, about as many people as Estonia.

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 5,720 km² is 3.8% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,510 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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