Haryana is 6.51× the size of Shanghai
Haryana (state of India) covers about 43,900 km² (17,000 mi²) and Shanghai (municipality of China) about 6,750 km² (2,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 43,900km²Haryana
- 6,750km²Shanghai
100 km
- Haryana
- Shanghai
What fits
- Shanghai fits inside Haryana about 6.51 times by area.
- Haryana is larger by 37,200 km² (14,400 mi²), which is 551% of the area of Shanghai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Haryana is about 1.43, Shanghai about 0.22.
How they differ
- Haryana also has the larger population: 25.4 million against 24.9 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 577 in Haryana: Shanghai is 6.39× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,310 km apart.
- Together Haryana and Shanghai cover 50,700 km², close to the size of Costa Rica (51,200 km², 0.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 37,200 km², is about the size of Netherlands (37,100 km²).
- At Shanghai's density, Haryana would have 162.0 million people (it has 25.4 million). At Haryana's density, Shanghai would have 3.9 million (it has 24.9 million).
- Shanghai's centre is 2.0° of latitude, about 220 km, farther north than Haryana's.
- Haryana is the 21st largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Shanghai is the 31st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 29°N and 31°N.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Haryana would have about 1,730 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
- Laid side by side, Haryana and Shanghai would cover 50,700 km², about the same size as Costa Rica.
- Together they have 50.2 million people, about as many people as South Korea.
Side by side
| Haryana | Shanghai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 43,900 km²17,000 mi² | 6,750 km²2,600 mi² |
| Official area | 44,200 km²Wikidata | 6,340 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 21st of 36in India | 31st of 31in China |
| Population | 25.4 millionWikidata, 2011 | 24.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 18th of 36in India | 23rd of 31in China |
| Density | 577 per km² | 3,687 per km² |
| Capital | Chandigarh | – |
| Latitude range | 28°N to 31°N | 31°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 44,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 43,900 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 6,750 km² is 6.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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