Beijing is 1.07× the size of Calabria
Beijing (municipality of China) covers about 16,300 km² (6,270 mi²) and Calabria (region of Italy) about 15,100 km² (5,840 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 16,300km²Beijing
- 15,100km²Calabria
50 km
- Beijing
- Calabria
What fits
- Calabria is 93% of the size of Beijing.
- Beijing is larger by 1,130 km² (437 mi²), which is 7.5% of the area of Calabria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Beijing is about 0.53, Calabria about 0.49.
How they differ
- Beijing also has the larger population: 21.9 million against 1.9 million, 11.2× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,347 in Beijing against 129 in Calabria: Beijing is 10.5× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,050 km apart.
- Together Beijing and Calabria cover 31,400 km², close to the size of Belgium (30,700 km², 2.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,130 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Calabria's density, Beijing would have 2.1 million people (it has 21.9 million). At Beijing's density, Calabria would have 20.4 million (it has 1.9 million).
- Beijing's centre is 1.1° of latitude, about 120 km, farther north than Calabria's.
- Beijing is the 29th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Calabria is the 10th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 40°N and 39°N.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Beijing would have about 740 m² and each person in Calabria about 7,770 m².
- Laid side by side, Beijing and Calabria would cover 31,400 km², about the same size as Belgium.
- Together they have 23.8 million people, about as many people as Syria.
Side by side
| Beijing | Calabria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | MunicipalityChina | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 16,300 km²6,270 mi² | 15,100 km²5,840 mi² |
| Official area | 16,400 km²Wikidata | 15,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 29th of 31in China | 10th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 21.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 26th of 31in China | 10th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 1,347 per km² | 129 per km² |
| Capital | – | Catanzaro |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 41°N | 38°N to 40°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,300 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 15,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,100 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Calabria is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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