Anhui is 1.07× the size of Tamil Nadu

What fits

• Tamil Nadu is 93% of the size of Anhui.
• Anhui is larger by 9,510 km² (3,670 mi²), which is 7.3% of the area of Tamil Nadu.
• Measured in Belgiums: Anhui is about 4.57, Tamil Nadu about 4.26.

How they differ

• Anhui is larger, but Tamil Nadu has the larger population: 72.1 million against 61.0 million, 1.18× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 552 in Tamil Nadu against 435 in Anhui: Tamil Nadu is 1.27× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Anhui at 32°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Tamil Nadu at 11°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Anhui as 1.43× the size of Tamil Nadu instead of 1.07×.
• Together Anhui and Tamil Nadu cover 271,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
• The gap between them, 9,510 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At Tamil Nadu's density, Anhui would have 77.4 million people (it has 61.0 million). At Anhui's density, Tamil Nadu would have 56.9 million (it has 72.1 million).
• Anhui's centre is 20.8° of latitude, about 2,310 km, farther north than Tamil Nadu's.
• Anhui is the 22nd largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Tamil Nadu is the 10th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
• Anhui lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,310 km) north of Tamil Nadu.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Anhui would have about 2,300 m² and each person in Tamil Nadu about 1,810 m².
• Laid side by side, Anhui and Tamil Nadu would cover 271,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
• Together they have 133.2 million people, about as many people as Mexico.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 139,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 140,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 130,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 km², to within 2%.

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