Greece is 3.88× the size of Hainan
Greece (Europe) covers about 131,000 km² (50,700 mi²) and Hainan (province of China) about 33,800 km² (13,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 131,000km²Greece
- 33,800km²Hainan
200 km
- Greece
- Hainan
What fits
- Hainan fits inside Greece about 3.88 times by area.
- Greece is larger by 97,500 km² (37,600 mi²), which is 288% of the area of Hainan.
- Measured in Belgiums: Greece is about 4.28, Hainan about 1.10.
How they differ
- Greece also has the larger population: 10.5 million against 10.1 million, 1.04× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 298 in Hainan against 80 in Greece: Hainan is 3.73× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,410 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Greece at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Hainan at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Greece as 5.74× the size of Hainan instead of 3.88×.
- Together Greece and Hainan cover 165,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 97,500 km², is about the size of South Korea (98,500 km²).
- At Hainan's density, Greece would have 39.1 million people (it has 10.5 million). At Greece's density, Hainan would have 2.7 million (it has 10.1 million).
- Greece's centre is 19.8° of latitude, about 2,200 km, farther north than Hainan's.
- Greece ranks 98th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Hainan is the 28th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
- Greece lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,200 km) north of Hainan.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Greece would have about 12,530 m² and each person in Hainan about 3,360 m².
- Laid side by side, Greece and Hainan would cover 165,000 km², 1.05× the size of Tunisia.
- Together they have 20.6 million people, about as many people as Kazakhstan.
- Counted as a country, Hainan would rank 138th by area and 92nd by population.
Side by side
| Greece | Hainan | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | ProvinceChina |
| Area, measured | 131,000 km²50,700 mi² | 33,800 km²13,100 mi² |
| Official area | 132,000 km²Wikidata | 33,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 97th of 239worldwide | 28th of 31in China |
| Population | 10.5 millionWikidata, 2021 | 10.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 88th of 237worldwide | 28th of 31in China |
| Density | 80 per km² | 298 per km² |
| Capital | Athens | Haikou |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 42°N | 18°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 132,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 33,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 33,800 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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