Ethiopia is 6.42× the size of Guangdong

What fits

• Guangdong fits inside Ethiopia about 6.42 times by area.
• Ethiopia is larger by 952,000 km² (368,000 mi²), which is 542% of the area of Guangdong.
• Measured in Belgiums: Ethiopia is about 36.8, Guangdong about 5.72.

How they differ

• Ethiopia also has the larger population: 128.7 million against 126.0 million, 1.02× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 718 in Guangdong against 114 in Ethiopia: Guangdong is 6.29× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,980 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Ethiopia at 9°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Guangdong at 23°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Ethiopia as 5.54× the size of Guangdong instead of 6.42×.
• Together Ethiopia and Guangdong cover 1,303,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 1.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 952,000 km², is about the size of Tanzania (942,000 km²).
• At Guangdong's density, Ethiopia would have 809.5 million people (it has 128.7 million). At Ethiopia's density, Guangdong would have 20.0 million (it has 126.0 million).
• Guangdong's centre is 14.7° of latitude, about 1,640 km, farther north than Ethiopia's.
• Ethiopia ranks 28th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Guangdong is the 15th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Guangdong lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,640 km) north of Ethiopia.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Ethiopia would have about 8,760 m² and each person in Guangdong about 1,390 m².
• Laid side by side, Ethiopia and Guangdong would cover 1,303,000 km², about the same size as Peru.
• Together they have 254.7 million people, 92% as many people as Indonesia.
• Counted as a country, Guangdong would rank 91st by area and 12th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 1,127,000 km² is 2.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 1,104,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 175,000 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 180,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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