Inner Mongolia is 1.02× the size of Ethiopia

What fits

• Ethiopia is 99% of the size of Inner Mongolia.
• Inner Mongolia is larger by 17,100 km² (6,600 mi²), which is 1.5% of the area of Ethiopia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Inner Mongolia is about 37.3, Ethiopia about 36.8.

How they differ

• Inner Mongolia is larger, but Ethiopia has the larger population: 128.7 million against 24.0 million, 5.35× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 114 in Ethiopia against 21 in Inner Mongolia: Ethiopia is 5.43× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,030 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Inner Mongolia at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Ethiopia at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Inner Mongolia as 1.92× the size of Ethiopia instead of 1.02×.
• Together Inner Mongolia and Ethiopia cover 2,272,000 km², close to the size of Algeria (2,309,000 km², 1.6% bigger).
• The gap between them, 17,100 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
• At Ethiopia's density, Inner Mongolia would have 130.6 million people (it has 24.0 million). At Inner Mongolia's density, Ethiopia would have 23.7 million (it has 128.7 million).
• Inner Mongolia's centre is 35.5° of latitude, about 3,940 km, farther north than Ethiopia'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.
• Ethiopia ranks 28th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Inner Mongolia lies about 35° of latitude (roughly 3,940 km) north of Ethiopia.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Inner Mongolia would have about 47,590 m² and each person in Ethiopia about 8,760 m².
• Laid side by side, Inner Mongolia and Ethiopia would cover 2,272,000 km², about the same size as Algeria.
• Together they have 152.7 million people, 1.05× as many people as Russia.
• 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.
• Our measured 1,127,000 km² is 2.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 1,104,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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