Sikkim is 1.28× the size of Ratchaburi

What fits

• Ratchaburi is 78% of the size of Sikkim.
• Sikkim is larger by 1,520 km² (588 mi²), which is 28% of the area of Ratchaburi.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Ratchaburi about 0.18.

How they differ

• Sikkim is larger, but Ratchaburi has the larger population: 869,000 against 658,000, 1.32× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 160 in Ratchaburi against 95 in Sikkim: Ratchaburi is 1.69× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,940 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Ratchaburi at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Sikkim as 1.54× the size of Ratchaburi instead of 1.28×.
• Together Sikkim and Ratchaburi cover 12,400 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 0.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,520 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Ratchaburi's density, Sikkim would have 1.1 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Ratchaburi would have 514,000 (it has 869,000).
• Sikkim's centre is 14.0° of latitude, about 1,560 km, farther north than Ratchaburi'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.
• Ratchaburi is the 41st largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
• Sikkim lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,560 km) north of Ratchaburi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Ratchaburi about 6,240 m².
• Laid side by side, Sikkim and Ratchaburi would cover 12,400 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.09× as many people as East Timor.

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 5,420 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,200 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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