Inner Mongolia is 1.16× the size of South Australia

What fits

• South Australia is 86% of the size of Inner Mongolia.
• Inner Mongolia is larger by 161,000 km² (62,000 mi²), which is 16% of the area of South Australia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Inner Mongolia is about 37.3, South Australia about 32.1.

How they differ

• Inner Mongolia also has the larger population: 24.0 million against 1.9 million, 12.7× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 21 in Inner Mongolia against 1.9 in South Australia: Inner Mongolia is 10.9× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,560 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Inner Mongolia at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and South Australia at 30°S about 1.3×, so the map shows Inner Mongolia as 1.69× the size of South Australia instead of 1.16×.
• Together Inner Mongolia and South Australia cover 2,128,000 km², close to the size of Greenland (2,154,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 161,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
• At South Australia's density, Inner Mongolia would have 2.2 million people (it has 24.0 million). At Inner Mongolia's density, South Australia would have 20.7 million (it has 1.9 million).
• Inner Mongolia's centre is 74.2° of latitude, about 8,250 km, farther north than South Australia'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.
• South Australia is the 4th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 13% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• Inner Mongolia lies about 74° of latitude (roughly 8,250 km) north of South Australia, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Inner Mongolia would have about 47,590 m² and each person in South Australia about 520,100 m².
• Laid side by side, Inner Mongolia and South Australia would cover 2,128,000 km², about the same size as Greenland.
• Together they have 25.9 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. 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 984,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 984,000 km², to within 2%.

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