Sikkim is 1.03× the size of Shanghai

What fits

• Shanghai is 97% of the size of Sikkim.
• Sikkim is larger by 196 km² (75.8 mi²), which is 2.9% of the area of Shanghai.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Shanghai about 0.22.

How they differ

• Sikkim is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 658,000, 37.8× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 95 in Sikkim: Shanghai is 38.9× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,210 km apart.
• On a standard web map Shanghai looks larger than Sikkim: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Shanghai at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.04× the size of Sikkim, when Sikkim is 1.03× the size of Shanghai.
• Together Sikkim and Shanghai cover 13,700 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 0.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 196 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
• At Shanghai's density, Sikkim would have 25.6 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Shanghai would have 639,000 (it has 24.9 million).
• Shanghai's centre is 3.6° of latitude, about 400 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.
• Shanghai is the 31st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 402 km) north of Sikkim.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
• Laid side by side, Sikkim and Shanghai would cover 13,700 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 25.5 million people, 97% as many people as North Korea.

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 6,750 km² is 6.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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