Hunan and Guyana are almost exactly the same size
Hunan (province of China) covers about 211,000 km² (81,600 mi²) and Guyana (South America) about 211,000 km² (81,600 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 211,000km²Hunan
- 211,000km²Guyana
100 km
- Hunan
- Guyana
What fits
- Guyana is 100% of the size of Hunan.
- The measured areas differ by 138 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Hunan is about 6.89, Guyana about 6.89.
How they differ
- Hunan also has the larger population: 66.4 million against 879,000, 75.6× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 314 in Hunan against 4.2 in Guyana: Hunan is 75.6× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 16,300 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hunan at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Guyana at 5°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Hunan as 1.27× the size of Guyana instead of 1.00×.
- Together Hunan and Guyana cover 423,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 3.5% bigger).
- At Guyana's density, Hunan would have 879,000 people (it has 66.4 million). At Hunan's density, Guyana would have 66.4 million (it has 879,000).
- Hunan's centre is 22.8° of latitude, about 2,540 km, farther north than Guyana's.
- Hunan is the 10th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Guyana ranks 85th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Hunan lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,540 km) north of Guyana.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Hunan would have about 3,180 m² and each person in Guyana about 240,380 m².
- Laid side by side, Hunan and Guyana would cover 423,000 km², 97% of the size of Iraq.
- Together they have 67.3 million people, about as many people as the United Kingdom.
- Counted as a country, Hunan would rank 84th by area and 22nd by population.
Side by side
| Hunan | Guyana | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceChina | CountrySouth America |
| Area, measured | 211,000 km²81,600 mi² | 211,000 km²81,600 mi² |
| Official area | 212,000 km²Wikidata | 215,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 10th of 31in China | 84th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 66.4 millionWikidata, 2020 | 879,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 31in China | 164th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 314 per km² | 4.2 per km² |
| Capital | Changsha | Georgetown |
| Latitude range | 25°N to 30°N | 1°N to 9°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 212,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 211,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 215,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 211,000 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