Heilongjiang is 1.10× the size of California

What fits

• California is 91% of the size of Heilongjiang.
• Heilongjiang is larger by 42,500 km² (16,400 mi²), which is 10% of the area of California.
• Measured in Belgiums: Heilongjiang is about 14.7, California about 13.4.

How they differ

• Heilongjiang is larger, but California has the larger population: 39.5 million against 31.9 million, 1.24× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 96 in California against 70 in Heilongjiang: California is 1.37× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,450 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Heilongjiang at 48°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and California at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Heilongjiang as 1.55× the size of California instead of 1.10×.
• Together Heilongjiang and California cover 862,000 km², close to the size of Pakistan (873,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 42,500 km², is about the size of Denmark (42,700 km²).
• At California's density, Heilongjiang would have 43.6 million people (it has 31.9 million). At Heilongjiang's density, California would have 28.9 million (it has 39.5 million).
• Heilongjiang's centre is 10.6° of latitude, about 1,180 km, farther north than California's.
• Heilongjiang is the 6th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 4.8% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
• California is the 3rd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Heilongjiang lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,180 km) north of California.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Heilongjiang would have about 14,200 m² and each person in California about 10,360 m².
• Laid side by side, Heilongjiang and California would cover 862,000 km², about the same size as Pakistan.
• Together they have 71.4 million people, 1.04× as many people as France.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 455,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 452,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 410,000 km² is 3.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 424,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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