Sikkim is 1.15× the size of Yamaguchi
Sikkim (state of India) covers about 6,940 km² (2,680 mi²) and Yamaguchi (prefecture of Japan) about 6,020 km² (2,320 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,940km²Sikkim
- 6,020km²Yamaguchi
50 km
- Sikkim
- Yamaguchi
What fits
- Yamaguchi is 87% of the size of Sikkim.
- Sikkim is larger by 921 km² (356 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Yamaguchi.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sikkim is about 0.23, Yamaguchi about 0.20.
How they differ
- Sikkim is larger, but Yamaguchi has the larger population: 1.3 million against 658,000, 2.03× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 222 in Yamaguchi against 95 in Sikkim: Yamaguchi is 2.34× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,150 km apart.
- Together Sikkim and Yamaguchi cover 13,000 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 2.8% smaller).
- The gap between them, 921 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
- At Yamaguchi's density, Sikkim would have 1.5 million people (it has 658,000). At Sikkim's density, Yamaguchi would have 571,000 (it has 1.3 million).
- Yamaguchi's centre is 6.6° of latitude, about 740 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.
- Yamaguchi is the 24th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 28th most densely populated of them.
- Yamaguchi lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 736 km) north of Sikkim.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sikkim would have about 10,550 m² and each person in Yamaguchi about 4,510 m².
- Laid side by side, Sikkim and Yamaguchi would cover 13,000 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
- Together they have 2.0 million people, about as many people as Lesotho.
Side by side
| Sikkim | Yamaguchi | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 6,940 km²2,680 mi² | 6,020 km²2,320 mi² |
| Official area | 7,100 km²Wikidata | 6,110 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 30th of 36in India | 24th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 658,000Wikidata, 2011 | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 36in India | 27th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 95 per km² | 222 per km² |
| Capital | Gangtok | Yamaguchi |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 28°N | 34°N to 35°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 6,110 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,020 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