Sikkim is 1.05× the size of Phrae

Sikkim (state of India) covers about 6,940 km² (2,680 mi²) and Phrae (province of Thailand) about 6,600 km² (2,550 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

6,940km²Sikkim
6,600km²Phrae

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What fits

Phrae is 95% of the size of Sikkim.
Sikkim is larger by 347 km² (134 mi²), which is 5.3% of the area of Phrae.
Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Phrae about 0.22.

How they differ

Sikkim also has the larger population: 658,000 against 437,000, 1.50× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 95 in Sikkim against 66 in Phrae: Sikkim is 1.43× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,580 km apart.
Together Sikkim and Phrae cover 13,500 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 1.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 347 km², is about the size of Grenada (347 km²).
At Phrae's density, Sikkim would have 460,000 people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Phrae would have 625,000 (it has 437,000).
Sikkim's centre is 9.4° of latitude, about 1,040 km, farther north than Phrae'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.
Phrae is the 31st largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 67th most densely populated of them.
Sikkim lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,040 km) north of Phrae.
Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Phrae about 15,080 m².
Laid side by side, Sikkim and Phrae would cover 13,500 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
Together they have 1.1 million people, 95% as many people as Djibouti.

Side by side

	Sikkim	Phrae
Is a	StateIndia	ProvinceThailand
Area, measured	6,940 km²2,680 mi²	6,600 km²2,550 mi²
Official area	7,100 km²Wikidata	6,540 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	30th of 36in India	31st of 77in Thailand
Population	658,000Wikidata, 2011	437,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	32nd of 36in India	61st of 77in Thailand
Density	95 per km²	66 per km²
Capital	Gangtok	Mueang Phrae; Phrae
Latitude range	27°N to 28°N	18°N to 19°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 6,540 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,600 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

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