Beijing is 1.05× the size of Schleswig-Holstein
Beijing (municipality of China) covers about 16,300 km² (6,270 mi²) and Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 16,300km²Beijing
- 15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
50 km
- Beijing
- Schleswig-Holstein
What fits
- Schleswig-Holstein is 95% of the size of Beijing.
- Beijing is larger by 816 km² (315 mi²), which is 5.3% of the area of Schleswig-Holstein.
- Measured in Belgiums: Beijing is about 0.53, Schleswig-Holstein about 0.50.
How they differ
- Beijing also has the larger population: 21.9 million against 3.0 million, 7.41× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,347 in Beijing against 191 in Schleswig-Holstein: Beijing is 7.04× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,420 km apart.
- On a standard web map Schleswig-Holstein looks larger than Beijing: Beijing at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 1.62× the size of Beijing, when Beijing is 1.05× the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
- Together Beijing and Schleswig-Holstein cover 31,700 km², close to the size of Belgium (30,700 km², 3.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 816 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
- At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Beijing would have 3.1 million people (it has 21.9 million). At Beijing's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 20.8 million (it has 3.0 million).
- Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 14.0° of latitude, about 1,560 km, farther north than Beijing'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.
- Schleswig-Holstein is the 12th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Schleswig-Holstein lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,560 km) north of Beijing.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Beijing would have about 740 m² and each person in Schleswig-Holstein about 5,230 m².
- Laid side by side, Beijing and Schleswig-Holstein would cover 31,700 km², 1.03× the size of Belgium.
- Together they have 24.8 million people, 1.04× as many people as Syria.
Side by side
| Beijing | Schleswig-Holstein | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | MunicipalityChina | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 16,300 km²6,270 mi² | 15,400 km²5,960 mi² |
| Official area | 16,400 km²Wikidata | 15,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 29th of 31in China | 12th of 16in Germany |
| Population | 21.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 26th of 31in China | 9th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 1,347 per km² | 191 per km² |
| Capital | – | Kiel |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 41°N | 53°N to 55°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,300 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 15,400 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,800 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
- 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