Liaoning is 1.12× the size of Greece
Liaoning (province of China) covers about 147,000 km² (56,600 mi²) and Greece (Europe) about 131,000 km² (50,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 147,000km²Liaoning
- 131,000km²Greece
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- Liaoning
- Greece
What fits
- Greece is 90% of the size of Liaoning.
- Liaoning is larger by 15,200 km² (5,850 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Greece.
- Measured in Belgiums: Liaoning is about 4.78, Greece about 4.28.
How they differ
- Liaoning also has the larger population: 42.6 million against 10.5 million, 4.06× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 291 in Liaoning against 80 in Greece: Liaoning is 3.64× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,950 km apart.
- Together Liaoning and Greece cover 278,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
- The gap between them, 15,200 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
- At Greece's density, Liaoning would have 11.7 million people (it has 42.6 million). At Liaoning's density, Greece would have 38.2 million (it has 10.5 million).
- Liaoning's centre is 2.3° of latitude, about 250 km, farther north than Greece's.
- Liaoning is the 21st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
- Greece ranks 98th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Liaoning lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 253 km) north of Greece.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Liaoning would have about 3,440 m² and each person in Greece about 12,530 m².
- Laid side by side, Liaoning and Greece would cover 278,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
- Together they have 53.1 million people, about as many people as Myanmar.
- Counted as a country, Liaoning would rank 94th by area and 34th by population.
Side by side
| Liaoning | Greece | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceChina | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 147,000 km²56,600 mi² | 131,000 km²50,700 mi² |
| Official area | 146,000 km²Wikidata | 132,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 21st of 31in China | 97th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 42.6 millionWikidata, 2020 | 10.5 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 14th of 31in China | 88th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 291 per km² | 80 per km² |
| Capital | Shenyang | Athens |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 43°N | 35°N to 42°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 146,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 147,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 132,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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