Beijing is 1.12× the size of Ubon Ratchathani

What fits

• Ubon Ratchathani is 89% of the size of Beijing.
• Beijing is larger by 1,730 km² (667 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Ubon Ratchathani.
• Measured in Belgiums: Beijing is about 0.53, Ubon Ratchathani about 0.47.

How they differ

• Beijing also has the larger population: 21.9 million against 1.9 million, 11.7× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 1,347 in Beijing against 129 in Ubon Ratchathani: Beijing is 10.5× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,990 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Beijing at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Ubon Ratchathani at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Beijing as 1.79× the size of Ubon Ratchathani instead of 1.12×.
• Together Beijing and Ubon Ratchathani cover 30,800 km², close to the size of Belgium (30,700 km², 0.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,730 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Ubon Ratchathani's density, Beijing would have 2.1 million people (it has 21.9 million). At Beijing's density, Ubon Ratchathani would have 19.6 million (it has 1.9 million).
• Beijing's centre is 25.0° of latitude, about 2,780 km, farther north than Ubon Ratchathani'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.
• Ubon Ratchathani is the 5th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.8% of its area; it is the 35th most densely populated of them.
• Beijing lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,780 km) north of Ubon Ratchathani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Beijing would have about 740 m² and each person in Ubon Ratchathani about 7,780 m².
• Laid side by side, Beijing and Ubon Ratchathani would cover 30,800 km², about the same size as Belgium.
• Together they have 23.8 million people, about as many people as Syria.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020. 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 14,500 km² is 7.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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