Colorado is 1.13× the size of Guangxi
Colorado (state of the United States) covers about 269,000 km² (104,000 mi²) and Guangxi (autonomous region of China) about 237,000 km² (91,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 269,000km²Colorado
- 237,000km²Guangxi
200 km
- Colorado
- Guangxi
What fits
- Guangxi is 88% of the size of Colorado.
- Colorado is larger by 31,900 km² (12,300 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Guangxi.
- Measured in Belgiums: Colorado is about 8.78, Guangxi about 7.74.
How they differ
- Colorado is larger, but Guangxi has the larger population: 50.1 million against 5.8 million, 8.68× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 211 in Guangxi against 21 in Colorado: Guangxi is 9.85× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,200 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Colorado at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Guangxi at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Colorado as 1.57× the size of Guangxi instead of 1.13×.
- Together Colorado and Guangxi cover 507,000 km², close to the size of Spain (499,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 31,900 km², is about the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km²).
- At Guangxi's density, Colorado would have 56.9 million people (it has 5.8 million). At Colorado's density, Guangxi would have 5.1 million (it has 50.1 million).
- Colorado's centre is 15.2° of latitude, about 1,690 km, farther north than Guangxi's.
- Colorado is the 8th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.8% of its area; it is the 38th most densely populated of them.
- Guangxi is the 9th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.5% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
- Colorado lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,690 km) north of Guangxi.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Colorado would have about 46,630 m² and each person in Guangxi about 4,730 m².
- Laid side by side, Colorado and Guangxi would cover 507,000 km², about the same size as Spain.
- Together they have 55.9 million people, about as many people as Tanzania.
Side by side
| Colorado | Guangxi | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | Autonomous RegionChina |
| Area, measured | 269,000 km²104,000 mi² | 237,000 km²91,600 mi² |
| Official area | 270,000 km²Wikidata | 235,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 51in the United States | 9th of 31in China |
| Population | 5.8 millionWikidata, 2020 | 50.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 21st of 51in the United States | 11th of 31in China |
| Density | 21 per km² | 211 per km² |
| Capital | Denver | Nanning |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 41°N | 21°N to 26°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 270,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 235,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 237,000 km², to within 2%.
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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