Tak is 2.36× the size of Sikkim

What fits

• Sikkim fits inside Tak about 2.36 times by area.
• Tak is larger by 9,440 km² (3,640 mi²), which is 136% of the area of Sikkim.
• Measured in Belgiums: Tak is about 0.53, Sikkim about 0.23.

How they differ

• Tak also has the larger population: 670,000 against 658,000, 1.02× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 95 in Sikkim against 41 in Tak: Sikkim is 2.32× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,610 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tak at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Sikkim at 28°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Tak as 2.02× the size of Sikkim instead of 2.36×.
• Together Tak and Sikkim cover 23,300 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 4.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 9,440 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At Sikkim's density, Tak would have 1.6 million people (it has 670,000). At Tak's density, Sikkim would have 284,000 (it has 658,000).
• Sikkim's centre is 10.9° of latitude, about 1,210 km, farther north than Tak's.
• Tak is the 4th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 3.2% of its area; it is the 75th most densely populated of them.
• 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.
• Sikkim lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,210 km) north of Tak.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Tak would have about 24,430 m² and each person in Sikkim about 10,550 m².
• Laid side by side, Tak and Sikkim would cover 23,300 km², 1.05× the size of Belize.
• Together they have 1.3 million people, about as many people as Cyprus.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,400 km², to within 2%.
• 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.

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