Sikkim is 1.28× the size of Suphan Buri

What fits

• Suphan Buri is 78% of the size of Sikkim.
• Sikkim is larger by 1,530 km² (589 mi²), which is 28% of the area of Suphan Buri.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Suphan Buri about 0.18.

How they differ

• Sikkim is larger, but Suphan Buri has the larger population: 839,000 against 658,000, 1.27× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 155 in Suphan Buri against 95 in Sikkim: Suphan Buri is 1.63× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,870 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Suphan Buri at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Sikkim as 1.53× the size of Suphan Buri instead of 1.28×.
• Together Sikkim and Suphan Buri cover 12,400 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 0.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,530 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Suphan Buri's density, Sikkim would have 1.1 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Suphan Buri would have 513,000 (it has 839,000).
• Sikkim's centre is 13.0° of latitude, about 1,440 km, farther north than Suphan Buri'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.
• Suphan Buri is the 42nd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
• Sikkim lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,440 km) north of Suphan Buri.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Suphan Buri about 6,460 m².
• Laid side by side, Sikkim and Suphan Buri would cover 12,400 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.07× 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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 5,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,420 km², to within 2%.

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