Sikkim is 1.07× the size of Phetchaburi

What fits

• Phetchaburi is 94% of the size of Sikkim.
• Sikkim is larger by 429 km² (166 mi²), which is 6.6% of the area of Phetchaburi.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Phetchaburi about 0.21.

How they differ

• Sikkim also has the larger population: 658,000 against 482,000, 1.36× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 95 in Sikkim against 74 in Phetchaburi: Sikkim is 1.28× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,000 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Phetchaburi at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Sikkim as 1.29× the size of Phetchaburi instead of 1.07×.
• Together Sikkim and Phetchaburi cover 13,500 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 2.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 429 km², is about the size of Seychelles (436 km²).
• At Phetchaburi's density, Sikkim would have 514,000 people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Phetchaburi would have 617,000 (it has 482,000).
• Sikkim's centre is 14.6° of latitude, about 1,630 km, farther north than Phetchaburi'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.
• Phetchaburi is the 33rd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 66th most densely populated of them.
• Sikkim lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,630 km) north of Phetchaburi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Phetchaburi about 13,510 m².
• Laid side by side, Sikkim and Phetchaburi would cover 13,500 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 1.1 million people, about as many people as Djibouti.

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 6,510 km² is 4.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,230 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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