Canada is 1.06× the size of China

Canada covers about 9,946,000 km² (3,840,000 mi²) and China about 9,375,000 km² (3,620,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

9,946,000km²Canada
9,375,000km²China

1,000 km

Canada
China

What fits

China is 94% of the size of Canada.
Canada is larger by 570,000 km² (220,000 mi²), which is 6.1% of the area of China.
Measured in Belgiums: Canada is about 324, China about 306.

How they differ

Canada is larger, but China has the larger population: 1.40 billion against 37.0 million, 38.0× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 150 in China against 3.7 in Canada: China is 40.3× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,060 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Canada at 60°N is drawn about 4.1× too large and China at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Canada as 2.80× the size of China instead of 1.06×.
Together Canada and China cover 19,321,000 km², close to the size of Russia (16,980,000 km², 12% smaller).
The gap between them, 570,000 km², is about the size of Ukraine (572,000 km²).
At China's density, Canada would have 1.49 billion people (it has 37.0 million). At Canada's density, China would have 34.9 million (it has 1.40 billion).
Canada's centre is 23.7° of latitude, about 2,640 km, farther north than China's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Canada	1.06×
More people	China	38.0×
More crowded	China	40.3×
Farther north	Canada	23.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Canada	4.1× against 1.6×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Canada	China
Belgium 30,700 km²	324×	306×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	40.8×	38.5×
Germany 358,000 km²	27.8×	26.2×
Japan 374,000 km²	26.6×	25.1×
France 548,000 km²	18.2×	17.1×
India 3,151,000 km²	3.16×	2.98×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1.17×	1.11×
United States 9,447,000 km²	1.05×	0.99×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.59×	0.55×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Canada	China
Area, main territory	9,946,000 km²3,840,000 mi²	9,375,000 km²3,620,000 mi²
Population	37.0 millionWikidata, 2021	1.40 billionWikidata, 2025
Density	3.7 per km²	150 per km²
Official area	9,985,000 km²Wikidata	9,563,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Ottawa	Beijing
Latitude range	42°N to 83°N	16°N to 54°N
Continent	North America	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 9,985,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,946,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 9,563,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,375,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
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: 2026-11-11

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