Bahia is 1.24× the size of Heilongjiang
Bahia (state of Brazil) covers about 560,000 km² (216,000 mi²) and Heilongjiang (province of China) about 452,000 km² (175,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 560,000km²Bahia
- 452,000km²Heilongjiang
200 km
- Bahia
- Heilongjiang
What fits
- Heilongjiang is 81% of the size of Bahia.
- Bahia is larger by 108,000 km² (41,600 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Heilongjiang.
- Measured in Belgiums: Bahia is about 18.3, Heilongjiang about 14.7.
How they differ
- Bahia is larger, but Heilongjiang has the larger population: 31.9 million against 14.1 million, 2.25× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 70 in Heilongjiang against 25 in Bahia: Heilongjiang is 2.79× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 16,000 km apart.
- On a standard web map Heilongjiang looks larger than Bahia: Bahia at 12°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Heilongjiang at 48°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Heilongjiang as 1.71× the size of Bahia, when Bahia is 1.24× the size of Heilongjiang.
- Together Bahia and Heilongjiang cover 1,012,000 km², close to the size of Egypt (1,001,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 108,000 km², is about the size of Guatemala (109,000 km²).
- At Heilongjiang's density, Bahia would have 39.4 million people (it has 14.1 million). At Bahia's density, Heilongjiang would have 11.4 million (it has 31.9 million).
- Heilongjiang's centre is 60.3° of latitude, about 6,700 km, farther north than Bahia's.
- Bahia is the 5th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 6.6% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
- Heilongjiang is the 6th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 4.8% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
- Heilongjiang lies about 60° of latitude (roughly 6,700 km) north of Bahia, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Bahia would have about 39,600 m² and each person in Heilongjiang about 14,200 m².
- Laid side by side, Bahia and Heilongjiang would cover 1,012,000 km², about the same size as Egypt.
- Together they have 46.0 million people, about as many people as Algeria.
Side by side
| Bahia | Heilongjiang | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | ProvinceChina |
| Area, measured | 560,000 km²216,000 mi² | 452,000 km²175,000 mi² |
| Official area | 566,000 km²Wikidata | 455,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 27in Brazil | 6th of 31in China |
| Population | 14.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 31.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 4th of 27in Brazil | 20th of 31in China |
| Density | 25 per km² | 70 per km² |
| Capital | Salvador | Harbin |
| Latitude range | 18°S to 9°S | 43°N to 54°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 566,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 560,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 455,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 452,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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