Belgium is 2.67× the size of Tianjin
Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Tianjin (municipality of China) about 11,500 km² (4,430 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 11,500km²Tianjin
50 km
- Belgium
- Tianjin
What fits
- Tianjin fits inside Belgium about 2.67 times by area.
- Belgium is larger by 19,200 km² (7,410 mi²), which is 167% of the area of Tianjin.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Tianjin about 0.28.
How they differ
- Belgium is larger, but Tianjin has the larger population: 13.9 million against 11.8 million, 1.17× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,208 in Tianjin against 386 in Belgium: Tianjin is 3.13× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,060 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Tianjin at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Belgium as 3.98× the size of Tianjin instead of 2.67×.
- Together Belgium and Tianjin cover 42,100 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 1.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 19,200 km², is about the size of Fiji (18,900 km²).
- At Tianjin's density, Belgium would have 37.1 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Tianjin would have 4.4 million (it has 13.9 million).
- Belgium's centre is 11.3° of latitude, about 1,260 km, farther north than Tianjin's.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Tianjin is the 30th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Belgium lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,260 km) north of Tianjin.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Tianjin about 830 m².
- Laid side by side, Belgium and Tianjin would cover 42,100 km², about the same size as Denmark.
- Together they have 25.7 million people, about as many people as North Korea.
- Counted as a country, Tianjin would rank 164th by area and 77th by population.
Side by side
| Belgium | Tianjin | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 11,500 km²4,430 mi² |
| Official area | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 11,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 239worldwide | 30th of 31in China |
| Population | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 | 13.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 80th of 237worldwide | 27th of 31in China |
| Density | 386 per km² | 1,208 per km² |
| Capital | Brussels | – |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 39°N to 40°N |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 11,500 km² is 3.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,900 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