Hidalgo is 1.31× the size of Beijing

What fits

• Beijing is 76% of the size of Hidalgo.
• Hidalgo is larger by 5,050 km² (1,950 mi²), which is 31% of the area of Beijing.
• Measured in Belgiums: Hidalgo is about 0.69, Beijing about 0.53.

How they differ

• Hidalgo is larger, but Beijing has the larger population: 21.9 million against 2.9 million, 7.66× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 1,347 in Beijing against 134 in Hidalgo: Beijing is 10.0× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,300 km apart.
• On a standard web map Beijing looks larger than Hidalgo: Hidalgo at 20°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Beijing at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Beijing as 1.15× the size of Hidalgo, when Hidalgo is 1.31× the size of Beijing.
• Together Hidalgo and Beijing cover 37,600 km², close to the size of Netherlands (37,100 km², 1.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 5,050 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
• At Beijing's density, Hidalgo would have 28.7 million people (it has 2.9 million). At Hidalgo's density, Beijing would have 2.2 million (it has 21.9 million).
• Beijing's centre is 19.7° of latitude, about 2,190 km, farther north than Hidalgo's.
• Hidalgo is the 26th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Beijing is the 29th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Beijing lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,190 km) north of Hidalgo.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Hidalgo would have about 7,450 m² and each person in Beijing about 740 m².
• Laid side by side, Hidalgo and Beijing would cover 37,600 km², about the same size as the Netherlands.
• Together they have 24.8 million people, 1.04× as many people as Syria.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 21,300 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 20,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,300 km², to within 2%.

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