Madagascar is 7.20× the size of Chongqing
Madagascar (Africa) covers about 593,000 km² (229,000 mi²) and Chongqing (municipality of China) about 82,400 km² (31,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 593,000km²Madagascar
- 82,400km²Chongqing
200 km
- Madagascar
- Chongqing
What fits
- Chongqing fits inside Madagascar about 7.20 times by area.
- Madagascar is larger by 511,000 km² (197,000 mi²), which is 620% of the area of Chongqing.
- Measured in Belgiums: Madagascar is about 19.3, Chongqing about 2.69.
How they differ
- Madagascar is larger, but Chongqing has the larger population: 32.1 million against 32.0 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 389 in Chongqing against 54 in Madagascar: Chongqing is 7.22× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,540 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Madagascar at 19°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Chongqing at 30°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Madagascar as 6.06× the size of Chongqing instead of 7.20×.
- Together Madagascar and Chongqing cover 675,000 km², close to the size of Myanmar (663,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
- The gap between them, 511,000 km², is about the size of Thailand (514,000 km²).
- At Chongqing's density, Madagascar would have 230.8 million people (it has 32.0 million). At Madagascar's density, Chongqing would have 4.4 million (it has 32.1 million).
- Chongqing's centre is 49.4° of latitude, about 5,490 km, farther north than Madagascar's.
- Madagascar ranks 45th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Chongqing is the 26th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Chongqing lies about 49° of latitude (roughly 5,490 km) north of Madagascar, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Madagascar would have about 18,550 m² and each person in Chongqing about 2,570 m².
- Laid side by side, Madagascar and Chongqing would cover 675,000 km², about the same size as Myanmar.
- Together they have 64.0 million people, 1.03× as many people as South Africa.
- Counted as a country, Chongqing would rank 116th by area and 47th by population.
Side by side
| Madagascar | Chongqing | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 593,000 km²229,000 mi² | 82,400 km²31,800 mi² |
| Official area | 587,000 km²Wikidata | 82,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 44th of 239worldwide | 26th of 31in China |
| Population | 32.0 millionWikidata, 2024 | 32.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 47th of 237worldwide | 19th of 31in China |
| Density | 54 per km² | 389 per km² |
| Capital | Antananarivo | – |
| Latitude range | 26°S to 12°S | 28°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 587,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 593,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 82,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 82,400 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