Kansas is 1.01× the size of Hunan

Kansas (state of the United States) covers about 213,000 km² (82,200 mi²) and Hunan (province of China) about 211,000 km² (81,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

213,000km²Kansas
211,000km²Hunan

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Kansas
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What fits

Hunan is 99% of the size of Kansas.
Kansas is larger by 1,470 km² (569 mi²), which is 0.7% of the area of Hunan.
Measured in Belgiums: Kansas is about 6.94, Hunan about 6.89.

How they differ

Kansas is larger, but Hunan has the larger population: 66.4 million against 2.9 million, 22.6× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 314 in Hunan against 14 in Kansas: Hunan is 22.8× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 12,000 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kansas at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Hunan at 28°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Kansas as 1.29× the size of Hunan instead of 1.01×.
Together Kansas and Hunan cover 424,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 3.1% bigger).
At Hunan's density, Kansas would have 66.9 million people (it has 2.9 million). At Kansas's density, Hunan would have 2.9 million (it has 66.4 million).
Kansas's centre is 10.9° of latitude, about 1,210 km, farther north than Hunan's.
Kansas is the 15th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 42nd most densely populated of them.
Hunan is the 10th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Kansas lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,210 km) north of Hunan.
Shared out evenly, each person in Kansas would have about 72,440 m² and each person in Hunan about 3,180 m².
Laid side by side, Kansas and Hunan would cover 424,000 km², 97% of the size of Iraq.
Together they have 69.4 million people, about as many people as France.

Side by side

	Kansas	Hunan
Is a	StateUnited States	ProvinceChina
Area, measured	213,000 km²82,200 mi²	211,000 km²81,600 mi²
Official area	213,000 km²Wikidata	212,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	15th of 51in the United States	10th of 31in China
Population	2.9 millionWikidata, 2020	66.4 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	35th of 51in the United States	7th of 31in China
Density	14 per km²	314 per km²
Capital	Topeka	Changsha
Latitude range	37°N to 40°N	25°N to 30°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 213,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 213,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 212,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 211,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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