Kamphaeng Phet is 1.30× the size of Shanghai

What fits

• Shanghai is 77% of the size of Kamphaeng Phet.
• Kamphaeng Phet is larger by 2,000 km² (773 mi²), which is 30% of the area of Shanghai.
• Measured in Belgiums: Kamphaeng Phet is about 0.29, Shanghai about 0.22.

How they differ

• Kamphaeng Phet is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 714,000, 34.8× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 82 in Kamphaeng Phet: Shanghai is 45.2× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,770 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kamphaeng Phet at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Shanghai at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Kamphaeng Phet as 1.03× the size of Shanghai instead of 1.30×.
• Together Kamphaeng Phet and Shanghai cover 15,500 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 2.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,000 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Shanghai's density, Kamphaeng Phet would have 32.3 million people (it has 714,000). At Kamphaeng Phet's density, Shanghai would have 551,000 (it has 24.9 million).
• Shanghai's centre is 14.9° of latitude, about 1,650 km, farther north than Kamphaeng Phet's.
• Kamphaeng Phet is the 22nd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 58th 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 1,650 km) north of Kamphaeng Phet.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Kamphaeng Phet would have about 12,250 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
• Laid side by side, Kamphaeng Phet and Shanghai would cover 15,500 km², about the same size as East Timor.
• Together they have 25.6 million people, 97% as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 8,610 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,750 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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