Sikkim and Okayama are almost exactly the same size

What fits

• Okayama is 100% of the size of Sikkim.
• The measured areas differ by 7.4 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Okayama about 0.23.

How they differ

• Sikkim is larger, but Okayama has the larger population: 1.9 million against 658,000, 2.86× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 271 in Okayama against 95 in Sikkim: Okayama is 2.86× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,350 km apart.
• On a standard web map Okayama looks larger than Sikkim: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Okayama at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Okayama as 1.17× the size of Sikkim, when Sikkim is 1.00× the size of Okayama.
• Together Sikkim and Okayama cover 13,900 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 1.1% smaller).
• At Okayama's density, Sikkim would have 1.9 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Okayama would have 657,000 (it has 1.9 million).
• Okayama's centre is 7.3° of latitude, about 810 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.
• Okayama is the 18th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
• Okayama lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 815 km) north of Sikkim.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Okayama about 3,690 m².
• Laid side by side, Sikkim and Okayama would cover 13,900 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 2.5 million people, about as many people as Namibia.

Side by side

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 6,930 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,110 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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