Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 1.05× the size of Shanghai

What fits

• Shanghai is 95% of the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is larger by 360 km² (139 mi²), which is 5.3% of the area of Shanghai.
• Measured in Belgiums: Andaman and Nicobar Islands is about 0.23, Shanghai about 0.22.

How they differ

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 356,000, 69.8× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 50 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Shanghai is 73.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,680 km apart.
• On a standard web map Shanghai looks larger than Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 11°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Shanghai at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.25× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, when Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 1.05× the size of Shanghai.
• Together Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Shanghai cover 13,900 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 0.9% smaller).
• The gap between them, 360 km², is about the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
• At Shanghai's density, Andaman and Nicobar Islands would have 26.2 million people (it has 356,000). At Andaman and Nicobar Islands's density, Shanghai would have 338,000 (it has 24.9 million).
• Shanghai's centre is 20.1° of latitude, about 2,230 km, farther north than Andaman and Nicobar Islands's.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the 29th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai is the 31st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,230 km) north of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Andaman and Nicobar Islands would have about 19,950 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
• Laid side by side, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Shanghai would cover 13,900 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 25.2 million people, 95% as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2005 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 7,110 km² is 14% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,250 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Our measured 6,750 km² is 6.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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