Union Territory of India
Lakshadweep
लक्षद्वीपLakshadweep is a union territory of India. It covers about 34 km² (13.2 mi²), the 36th largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and about the same size as Sint Maarten. About 64,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 34.1 km²13.2 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 32.0 km²Wikidata · 6.6% below our measure |
| Share of India | less than 0.1%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 36th of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 64,000Wikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 1,889 people per km² |
| Capital | Kavaratti |
| Latitude range | 8°N to 12°N |
| Type | Union TerritoryIN-LD |
What the numbers say about Lakshadweep
- Lakshadweep covers less than 0.1% of the area of India and ranks 36th of 36 by both area and population.
- It would take 92,397 states and union territories the size of Lakshadweep to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 10,061× the size of Lakshadweep, the smallest of the 36.
- Closest in size within India: Chandigarh (119 km², 3.48×) and Puducherry (526 km², 15.4×).
- Counted as a country, Lakshadweep would be larger than 10 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 230th by area, between Norfolk Island (41.1 km²) and Sint Maarten (34.0 km²).
- With 64,000 people it would rank 202nd of 238 by population.
- Lakshadweep has 1,889 people per km².
- That makes Lakshadweep the 4th most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 4.72× the average for India (400 per km²).
- Lakshadweep lies at 10°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Lakshadweep stretches about 383 km north to south and 165 km east to west.
- Our measured 34.1 km² is 6.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 32.0 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Lakshadweep is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 94 points. Take its shape as a sketch and the official figure as the firmer number.
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About as many people as
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The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleAosta Valley51% · 126,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaCeuta1.84× · 18.5 km²PeopleCeuta77% · 83,000 (2024)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNorthwest Territories1.57× · 41,000 (2021)
Where Lakshadweep sits in India
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2011. India’s units share the 2011 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12