Sikkim is 1.07× the size of Tochigi
Sikkim (state of India) covers about 6,940 km² (2,680 mi²) and Tochigi (prefecture of Japan) about 6,480 km² (2,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,940km²Sikkim
- 6,480km²Tochigi
20 km
- Sikkim
- Tochigi
What fits
- Tochigi is 93% of the size of Sikkim.
- Sikkim is larger by 460 km² (178 mi²), which is 7.1% of the area of Tochigi.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Tochigi about 0.21.
How they differ
- Sikkim is larger, but Tochigi has the larger population: 1.9 million against 658,000, 2.93× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 297 in Tochigi against 95 in Sikkim: Tochigi is 3.14× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,880 km apart.
- On a standard web map Tochigi looks larger than Sikkim: Sikkim at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Tochigi at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Tochigi as 1.14× the size of Sikkim, when Sikkim is 1.07× the size of Tochigi.
- Together Sikkim and Tochigi cover 13,400 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 2.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 460 km², is about the size of Curaçao (463 km²).
- At Tochigi's density, Sikkim would have 2.1 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Tochigi would have 614,000 (it has 1.9 million).
- Tochigi's centre is 9.1° of latitude, about 1,010 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.
- Tochigi is the 21st largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
- Tochigi lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,010 km) north of Sikkim.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Tochigi about 3,360 m².
- Laid side by side, Sikkim and Tochigi would cover 13,400 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
- Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Namibia.
Side by side
| Sikkim | Tochigi | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 6,940 km²2,680 mi² | 6,480 km²2,500 mi² |
| Official area | 7,100 km²Wikidata | 6,410 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 30th of 36in India | 21st of 47in Japan |
| Population | 658,000Wikidata, 2011 | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 36in India | 19th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 95 per km² | 297 per km² |
| Capital | Gangtok | Utsunomiya |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 28°N | 36°N to 37°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2021. 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 6,410 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,480 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