Guyana is 1.03× the size of Shaanxi
Guyana (South America) covers about 211,000 km² (81,600 mi²) and Shaanxi (province of China) about 206,000 km² (79,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 211,000km²Guyana
- 206,000km²Shaanxi
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- Guyana
- Shaanxi
What fits
- Shaanxi is 97% of the size of Guyana.
- Guyana is larger by 5,480 km² (2,120 mi²), which is 2.7% of the area of Shaanxi.
- Measured in Belgiums: Guyana is about 6.89, Shaanxi about 6.71.
How they differ
- Guyana is larger, but Shaanxi has the larger population: 39.5 million against 879,000, 45.0× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 192 in Shaanxi against 4.2 in Guyana: Shaanxi is 46.2× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 15,400 km apart.
- On a standard web map Shaanxi looks larger than Guyana: Guyana at 5°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Shaanxi at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Shaanxi as 1.45× the size of Guyana, when Guyana is 1.03× the size of Shaanxi.
- Together Guyana and Shaanxi cover 417,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 4.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 5,480 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
- At Shaanxi's density, Guyana would have 40.6 million people (it has 879,000). At Guyana's density, Shaanxi would have 856,000 (it has 39.5 million).
- Shaanxi's centre is 30.4° of latitude, about 3,380 km, farther north than Guyana's.
- Guyana ranks 85th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Shaanxi is the 11th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
- Shaanxi lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,380 km) north of Guyana.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Guyana would have about 240,380 m² and each person in Shaanxi about 5,200 m².
- Laid side by side, Guyana and Shaanxi would cover 417,000 km², 1.04× the size of Paraguay.
- Together they have 40.4 million people, about as many people as Sudan.
- Counted as a country, Shaanxi would rank 86th by area and 37th by population.
Side by side
| Guyana | Shaanxi | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | ProvinceChina |
| Area, measured | 211,000 km²81,600 mi² | 206,000 km²79,400 mi² |
| Official area | 215,000 km²Wikidata | 206,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 84th of 239worldwide | 11th of 31in China |
| Population | 879,000Wikidata, 2022 | 39.5 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 164th of 237worldwide | 16th of 31in China |
| Density | 4.2 per km² | 192 per km² |
| Capital | Georgetown | Xi'an |
| Latitude range | 1°N to 9°N | 32°N to 40°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 215,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 211,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 206,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 206,000 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