Fujian is 1.72× the size of Bavaria

What fits

• Bavaria is 58% of the size of Fujian.
• Fujian is larger by 50,700 km² (19,600 mi²), which is 72% of the area of Bavaria.
• Measured in Belgiums: Fujian is about 3.94, Bavaria about 2.28.

How they differ

• Fujian also has the larger population: 41.5 million against 13.0 million, 3.19× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 344 in Fujian against 186 in Bavaria: Fujian is 1.85× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,960 km apart.
• On a standard web map Bavaria looks larger than Fujian: Fujian at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Bavaria at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Bavaria as 1.08× the size of Fujian, when Fujian is 1.72× the size of Bavaria.
• Together Fujian and Bavaria cover 191,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 2.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 50,700 km², is about the size of Costa Rica (51,200 km²).
• At Bavaria's density, Fujian would have 22.5 million people (it has 41.5 million). At Fujian's density, Bavaria would have 24.1 million (it has 13.0 million).
• Bavaria's centre is 22.9° of latitude, about 2,540 km, farther north than Fujian's.
• Fujian is the 23rd largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
• Bavaria lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,540 km) north of Fujian.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Fujian would have about 2,910 m² and each person in Bavaria about 5,370 m².
• Laid side by side, Fujian and Bavaria would cover 191,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
• Together they have 54.6 million people, about as many people as Myanmar.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 121,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 121,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 km², to within 2%.

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