Chongqing is 1.03× the size of South Carolina
Chongqing (municipality of China) covers about 82,400 km² (31,800 mi²) and South Carolina (state of the United States) about 80,200 km² (31,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 82,400km²Chongqing
- 80,200km²South Carolina
100 km
- Chongqing
- South Carolina
What fits
- South Carolina is 97% of the size of Chongqing.
- Chongqing is larger by 2,200 km² (849 mi²), which is 2.7% of the area of South Carolina.
- Measured in Belgiums: Chongqing is about 2.69, South Carolina about 2.61.
How they differ
- Chongqing also has the larger population: 32.1 million against 5.1 million, 6.26× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 389 in Chongqing against 64 in South Carolina: Chongqing is 6.10× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,800 km apart.
- On a standard web map South Carolina looks larger than Chongqing: Chongqing at 30°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and South Carolina at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows South Carolina as 1.06× the size of Chongqing, when Chongqing is 1.03× the size of South Carolina.
- Together Chongqing and South Carolina cover 163,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 3.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 2,200 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At South Carolina's density, Chongqing would have 5.3 million people (it has 32.1 million). At Chongqing's density, South Carolina would have 31.2 million (it has 5.1 million).
- South Carolina's centre is 3.9° of latitude, about 430 km, farther north than Chongqing's.
- Chongqing is the 26th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- South Carolina is the 40th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
- South Carolina lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 430 km) north of Chongqing.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Chongqing would have about 2,570 m² and each person in South Carolina about 15,660 m².
- Laid side by side, Chongqing and South Carolina would cover 163,000 km², 1.04× the size of Tunisia.
- Together they have 37.2 million people, about as many people as Canada.
Side by side
| Chongqing | South Carolina | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | MunicipalityChina | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 82,400 km²31,800 mi² | 80,200 km²31,000 mi² |
| Official area | 82,400 km²Wikidata | 82,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 26th of 31in China | 40th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 32.1 millionWikidata, 2020 | 5.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 31in China | 23rd of 51in the United States |
| Density | 389 per km² | 64 per km² |
| Capital | – | Columbia |
| Latitude range | 28°N to 32°N | 32°N to 35°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 82,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 82,400 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 80,200 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 82,900 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
- 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