Henan is 1.75× the size of Castile and León
Henan (province of China) covers about 166,000 km² (64,100 mi²) and Castile and León (autonomous community of Spain) about 94,800 km² (36,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 166,000km²Henan
- 94,800km²Castile and León
100 km
- Henan
- Castile and León
What fits
- Castile and León is 57% of the size of Henan.
- Henan is larger by 71,400 km² (27,600 mi²), which is 75% of the area of Castile and León.
- Measured in Belgiums: Henan is about 5.42, Castile and León about 3.09.
How they differ
- Henan also has the larger population: 99.4 million against 2.4 million, 41.6× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 598 in Henan against 25 in Castile and León: Henan is 23.7× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,520 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Henan at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Castile and León at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Henan as 1.42× the size of Castile and León instead of 1.75×.
- Together Henan and Castile and León cover 261,000 km², close to the size of Gabon (260,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 71,400 km², is about the size of Sierra Leone (71,600 km²).
- At Castile and León's density, Henan would have 4.2 million people (it has 99.4 million). At Henan's density, Castile and León would have 56.7 million (it has 2.4 million).
- Castile and León's centre is 7.9° of latitude, about 880 km, farther north than Henan's.
- Henan is the 18th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Castile and León is the largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 19% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Castile and León lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 876 km) north of Henan.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Henan would have about 1,670 m² and each person in Castile and León about 39,690 m².
- Laid side by side, Henan and Castile and León would cover 261,000 km², about the same size as Gabon.
- Together they have 101.8 million people, 96% as many people as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Side by side
| Henan | Castile and León | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceChina | Autonomous communitySpain |
| Area, measured | 166,000 km²64,100 mi² | 94,800 km²36,600 mi² |
| Official area | 167,000 km²Wikidata | 94,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 18th of 31in China | 1st of 19in Spain |
| Population | 99.4 millionWikidata, 2020 | 2.4 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 3rd of 31in China | 6th of 19in Spain |
| Density | 598 per km² | 25 per km² |
| Capital | Zhengzhou | – |
| Latitude range | 31°N to 36°N | 40°N to 43°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 167,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 166,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,800 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 Castile and León is the provinces 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