Kalasin is 1.01× the size of Shanghai

What fits

• Shanghai is 99% of the size of Kalasin.
• Kalasin is larger by 97.5 km² (37.6 mi²), which is 1.4% of the area of Shanghai.
• Measured in Belgiums: Kalasin is about 0.22, Shanghai about 0.22.

How they differ

• Kalasin is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 977,000, 25.5× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 143 in Kalasin: Shanghai is 25.8× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,420 km apart.
• On a standard web map Shanghai looks larger than Kalasin: Kalasin at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Shanghai at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.24× the size of Kalasin, when Kalasin is 1.01× the size of Shanghai.
• Together Kalasin and Shanghai cover 13,600 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 1.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 97.5 km², is about the size of Maldives (109 km²).
• At Shanghai's density, Kalasin would have 25.2 million people (it has 977,000). At Kalasin's density, Shanghai would have 963,000 (it has 24.9 million).
• Shanghai's centre is 14.6° of latitude, about 1,620 km, farther north than Kalasin's.
• Kalasin is the 30th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai is the 31st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,620 km) north of Kalasin.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Kalasin would have about 7,000 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
• Laid side by side, Kalasin and Shanghai would cover 13,600 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 25.8 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 6,950 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,840 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 6,750 km² is 6.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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