Argentina is 7.22× the size of Yunnan
Argentina (South America) covers about 2,783,000 km² (1,074,000 mi²) and Yunnan (province of China) about 385,000 km² (149,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 2,783,000km²Argentina
- 385,000km²Yunnan
500 km
- Argentina
- Yunnan
What fits
- Yunnan fits inside Argentina about 7.22 times by area.
- Argentina is larger by 2,398,000 km² (926,000 mi²), which is 622% of the area of Yunnan.
- Measured in Belgiums: Argentina is about 90.7, Yunnan about 12.6.
How they differ
- Argentina also has the larger population: 47.3 million against 47.2 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 122 in Yunnan against 17 in Argentina: Yunnan is 7.20× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 18,300 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Argentina at 35°S is drawn about 1.5× too large and Yunnan at 25°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Argentina as 8.78× the size of Yunnan instead of 7.22×.
- Together Argentina and Yunnan cover 3,168,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,398,000 km², is about the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo (2,325,000 km²).
- At Yunnan's density, Argentina would have 340.9 million people (it has 47.3 million). At Argentina's density, Yunnan would have 6.6 million (it has 47.2 million).
- Yunnan's centre is 59.6° of latitude, about 6,630 km, farther north than Argentina's.
- Argentina ranks 9th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Yunnan is the 8th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
- Yunnan lies about 60° of latitude (roughly 6,630 km) north of Argentina, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Argentina would have about 58,800 m² and each person in Yunnan about 8,160 m².
- Laid side by side, Argentina and Yunnan would cover 3,168,000 km², about the same size as India.
- Together they have 94.5 million people, about as many people as Vietnam.
- Counted as a country, Yunnan would rank 62nd by area and 32nd by population.
Side by side
| Argentina | Yunnan | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | ProvinceChina |
| Area, measured | 2,783,000 km²1,074,000 mi² | 385,000 km²149,000 mi² |
| Official area | 2,780,000 km²Wikidata | 394,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 239worldwide | 8th of 31in China |
| Population | 47.3 millionWikidata, 2022 | 47.2 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 31st of 237worldwide | 12th of 31in China |
| Density | 17 per km² | 122 per km² |
| Capital | Buenos Aires | Kunming |
| Latitude range | 55°S to 22°S | 21°N to 29°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,780,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,783,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 385,000 km² is 2.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 394,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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