Beijing is 1.01× the size of Thuringia
Beijing (municipality of China) covers about 16,300 km² (6,270 mi²) and Thuringia (state of Germany) about 16,100 km² (6,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 16,300km²Beijing
- 16,100km²Thuringia
50 km
- Beijing
- Thuringia
What fits
- Thuringia is 99% of the size of Beijing.
- Beijing is larger by 184 km² (71.0 mi²), which is 1.1% of the area of Thuringia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Beijing is about 0.53, Thuringia about 0.52.
How they differ
- Beijing also has the larger population: 21.9 million against 2.1 million, 10.4× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,347 in Beijing against 131 in Thuringia: Beijing is 10.3× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,570 km apart.
- On a standard web map Thuringia looks larger than Beijing: Beijing at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Thuringia at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Thuringia as 1.45× the size of Beijing, when Beijing is 1.01× the size of Thuringia.
- Together Beijing and Thuringia cover 32,300 km², close to the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km², 1.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 184 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
- At Thuringia's density, Beijing would have 2.1 million people (it has 21.9 million). At Beijing's density, Thuringia would have 21.6 million (it has 2.1 million).
- Thuringia's centre is 10.7° of latitude, about 1,190 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.
- Thuringia is the 11th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.5% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Thuringia lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,190 km) north of Beijing.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Beijing would have about 740 m² and each person in Thuringia about 7,610 m².
- Laid side by side, Beijing and Thuringia would cover 32,300 km², about the same size as Guinea-Bissau.
- Together they have 24.0 million people, about as many people as Syria.
Side by side
| Beijing | Thuringia | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | MunicipalityChina | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 16,300 km²6,270 mi² | 16,100 km²6,200 mi² |
| Official area | 16,400 km²Wikidata | 16,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 29th of 31in China | 11th of 16in Germany |
| Population | 21.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 2.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 26th of 31in China | 12th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 1,347 per km² | 131 per km² |
| Capital | – | Erfurt |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 41°N | 50°N to 52°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%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 16,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,100 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