Sikkim is 1.06× the size of Oita
Sikkim (state of India) covers about 6,940 km² (2,680 mi²) and Oita (prefecture of Japan) about 6,550 km² (2,530 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,940km²Sikkim
- 6,550km²Oita
20 km
- Sikkim
- Oita
What fits
- Oita is 94% of the size of Sikkim.
- Sikkim is larger by 392 km² (151 mi²), which is 6.0% of the area of Oita.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Oita about 0.21.
How they differ
- Sikkim is larger, but Oita has the larger population: 1.1 million against 658,000, 1.70× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 171 in Oita against 95 in Sikkim: Oita is 1.81× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,140 km apart.
- On a standard web map Oita looks larger than Sikkim: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Oita at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Oita as 1.06× the size of Sikkim, when Sikkim is 1.06× the size of Oita.
- Together Sikkim and Oita cover 13,500 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 1.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 392 km², is about the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
- At Oita's density, Sikkim would have 1.2 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Oita would have 621,000 (it has 1.1 million).
- Oita's centre is 5.6° of latitude, about 630 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.
- Oita is the 20th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 35th most densely populated of them.
- Oita lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 625 km) north of Sikkim.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Oita about 5,840 m².
- Laid side by side, Sikkim and Oita would cover 13,500 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
- Together they have 1.8 million people, 97% as many people as North Macedonia.
Side by side
| Sikkim | Oita | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 6,940 km²2,680 mi² | 6,550 km²2,530 mi² |
| Official area | 7,100 km²Wikidata | 6,340 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 30th of 36in India | 20th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 658,000Wikidata, 2011 | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 36in India | 34th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 95 per km² | 171 per km² |
| Capital | Gangtok | Ōita-shi |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 28°N | 33°N to 34°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2021. 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 6,550 km² is 3.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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
