Canary Islands is 1.10× the size of Shanghai
Canary Islands (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 7,440 km² (2,870 mi²) and Shanghai (municipality of China) about 6,750 km² (2,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 7,440km²Canary Islands
- 6,750km²Shanghai
100 km
- Canary Islands
- Shanghai
What fits
- Shanghai is 91% of the size of Canary Islands.
- Canary Islands is larger by 689 km² (266 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Shanghai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Canary Islands is about 0.24, Shanghai about 0.22.
How they differ
- Canary Islands is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 2.2 million, 11.2× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 300 in Canary Islands: Shanghai is 12.3× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,000 km apart.
- Together Canary Islands and Shanghai cover 14,200 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 3.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 689 km², is about the size of Bahrain (688 km²).
- At Shanghai's density, Canary Islands would have 27.4 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Canary Islands's density, Shanghai would have 2.0 million (it has 24.9 million).
- Shanghai's centre is 2.8° of latitude, about 320 km, farther north than Canary Islands's.
- Canary Islands is the 13th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Shanghai is the 31st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Shanghai lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 316 km) north of Canary Islands.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Canary Islands would have about 3,340 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
- Laid side by side, Canary Islands and Shanghai would cover 14,200 km², 1.03× the size of Montenegro.
- Together they have 27.1 million people, about as many people as Australia.
Side by side
| Canary Islands | Shanghai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 7,440 km²2,870 mi² | 6,750 km²2,600 mi² |
| Official area | 7,450 km²Wikidata | 6,340 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 19in Spain | 31st of 31in China |
| Population | 2.2 millionWikidata, 2024 | 24.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 8th of 19in Spain | 23rd of 31in China |
| Density | 300 per km² | 3,687 per km² |
| Capital | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Santa Cruz de Tenerife | – |
| Latitude range | 28°N to 29°N | 31°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 7,450 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,440 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 6,750 km² is 6.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 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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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Canary Islands is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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