Inner Mongolia is 1.01× the size of Colombia

What fits

• Colombia is 99% of the size of Inner Mongolia.
• Inner Mongolia is larger by 9,360 km² (3,610 mi²), which is 0.8% of the area of Colombia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Inner Mongolia is about 37.3, Colombia about 37.0.

How they differ

• Inner Mongolia is larger, but Colombia has the larger population: 52.3 million against 24.0 million, 2.18× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 46 in Colombia against 21 in Inner Mongolia: Colombia is 2.19× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 14,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Inner Mongolia at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Colombia at 4°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Inner Mongolia as 1.94× the size of Colombia instead of 1.01×.
• Together Inner Mongolia and Colombia cover 2,280,000 km², close to the size of Algeria (2,309,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
• At Colombia's density, Inner Mongolia would have 52.8 million people (it has 24.0 million). At Inner Mongolia's density, Colombia would have 23.9 million (it has 52.3 million).
• Inner Mongolia's centre is 40.2° of latitude, about 4,470 km, farther north than Colombia's.
• Inner Mongolia is the 2nd largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 12% of its area; it is the 28th most densely populated of them.
• Colombia ranks 27th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Inner Mongolia lies about 40° of latitude (roughly 4,470 km) north of Colombia.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Inner Mongolia would have about 47,590 m² and each person in Colombia about 21,700 m².
• Laid side by side, Inner Mongolia and Colombia would cover 2,280,000 km², about the same size as Algeria.
• Together they have 76.4 million people, 91% as many people as Germany.
• Counted as a country, Inner Mongolia would rank 26th by area and 56th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 1,144,000 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,181,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 1,142,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,135,000 km², to within 2%.

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