Community of Madrid is 1.19× the size of Shanghai

What fits

• Shanghai is 84% of the size of Community of Madrid.
• Community of Madrid is larger by 1,250 km² (484 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Shanghai.
• Measured in Belgiums: Community of Madrid is about 0.26, Shanghai about 0.22.

How they differ

• Community of Madrid is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 7.0 million, 3.55× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 875 in Community of Madrid: Shanghai is 4.21× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,300 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Community of Madrid at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Shanghai at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Community of Madrid as 1.50× the size of Shanghai instead of 1.19×.
• Together Community of Madrid and Shanghai cover 14,700 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 2.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,250 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Shanghai's density, Community of Madrid would have 29.5 million people (it has 7.0 million). At Community of Madrid's density, Shanghai would have 5.9 million (it has 24.9 million).
• Community of Madrid's centre is 9.3° of latitude, about 1,030 km, farther north than Shanghai's.
• Community of Madrid is the 12th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 3rd 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.
• Community of Madrid lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,030 km) north of Shanghai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Community of Madrid would have about 1,140 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
• Laid side by side, Community of Madrid and Shanghai would cover 14,700 km², about the same size as East Timor.
• Together they have 31.9 million people, about as many people as Madagascar.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 8,030 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,000 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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