Belarus is 1.18× the size of Guangdong
Belarus (Europe) covers about 207,000 km² (80,100 mi²) and Guangdong (province of China) about 175,000 km² (67,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 207,000km²Belarus
- 175,000km²Guangdong
200 km
- Belarus
- Guangdong
What fits
- Guangdong is 85% of the size of Belarus.
- Belarus is larger by 32,000 km² (12,400 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Guangdong.
- Measured in Belgiums: Belarus is about 6.77, Guangdong about 5.72.
How they differ
- Belarus is larger, but Guangdong has the larger population: 126.0 million against 9.1 million, 13.9× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 718 in Guangdong against 44 in Belarus: Guangdong is 16.5× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,640 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belarus at 54°N is drawn about 2.8× too large and Guangdong at 23°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Belarus as 2.82× the size of Guangdong instead of 1.18×.
- Together Belarus and Guangdong cover 383,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 32,000 km², is about the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km²).
- At Guangdong's density, Belarus would have 149.0 million people (it has 9.1 million). At Belarus's density, Guangdong would have 7.7 million (it has 126.0 million).
- Belarus's centre is 30.2° of latitude, about 3,350 km, farther north than Guangdong's.
- Belarus ranks 86th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Guangdong is the 15th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Belarus lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,350 km) north of Guangdong.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belarus would have about 22,910 m² and each person in Guangdong about 1,390 m².
- Laid side by side, Belarus and Guangdong would cover 383,000 km², about the same size as Norway.
- Together they have 135.1 million people, about as many people as Mexico.
- Counted as a country, Guangdong would rank 91st by area and 12th by population.
Side by side
| Belarus | Guangdong | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | ProvinceChina |
| Area, measured | 207,000 km²80,100 mi² | 175,000 km²67,800 mi² |
| Official area | 208,000 km²Wikidata | 180,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 85th of 239worldwide | 15th of 31in China |
| Population | 9.1 millionWikidata, 2026 | 126.0 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 97th of 237worldwide | 1st of 31in China |
| Density | 44 per km² | 718 per km² |
| Capital | Minsk | Guangzhou |
| Latitude range | 51°N to 56°N | 20°N to 26°N |
Population: Wikidata 2026 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 208,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 207,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 175,000 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 180,000 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 for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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