Grand Est is 1.10× the size of Ningxia
Grand Est (region of France) covers about 57,400 km² (22,200 mi²) and Ningxia (autonomous region of China) about 52,100 km² (20,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 57,400km²Grand Est
- 52,100km²Ningxia
100 km
- Grand Est
- Ningxia
What fits
- Ningxia is 91% of the size of Grand Est.
- Grand Est is larger by 5,240 km² (2,020 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Ningxia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Grand Est is about 1.87, Ningxia about 1.70.
How they differ
- Grand Est is larger, but Ningxia has the larger population: 7.2 million against 5.6 million, 1.30× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 138 in Ningxia against 97 in Grand Est: Ningxia is 1.43× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,670 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Grand Est at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Ningxia at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Grand Est as 1.60× the size of Ningxia instead of 1.10×.
- Together Grand Est and Ningxia cover 110,000 km², close to the size of Cuba (110,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 5,240 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
- At Ningxia's density, Grand Est would have 7.9 million people (it has 5.6 million). At Grand Est's density, Ningxia would have 5.1 million (it has 7.2 million).
- Grand Est's centre is 11.4° of latitude, about 1,270 km, farther north than Ningxia's.
- Grand Est is the 5th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 9.0% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Ningxia is the 27th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Grand Est lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,270 km) north of Ningxia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Grand Est would have about 10,320 m² and each person in Ningxia about 7,240 m².
- Laid side by side, Grand Est and Ningxia would cover 110,000 km², about the same size as Cuba.
- Together they have 12.8 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
Side by side
| Grand Est | Ningxia | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | Autonomous RegionChina |
| Area, measured | 57,400 km²22,200 mi² | 52,100 km²20,100 mi² |
| Official area | 57,400 km²Wikidata | 52,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 18in France | 27th of 31in China |
| Population | 5.6 millionWikidata, 2022 | 7.2 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 6th of 18in France | 29th of 31in China |
| Density | 97 per km² | 138 per km² |
| Capital | Strasbourg | Yinchuan |
| Latitude range | 47°N to 50°N | 35°N to 39°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 57,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 57,400 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 52,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,100 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Grand Est is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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