Madagascar is 1.31× the size of Heilongjiang

What fits

• Heilongjiang is 76% of the size of Madagascar.
• Madagascar is larger by 141,000 km² (54,300 mi²), which is 31% of the area of Heilongjiang.
• Measured in Belgiums: Madagascar is about 19.3, Heilongjiang about 14.7.

How they differ

• Madagascar also has the larger population: 32.0 million against 31.9 million, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 70 in Heilongjiang against 54 in Madagascar: Heilongjiang is 1.31× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,000 km apart.
• On a standard web map Heilongjiang looks larger than Madagascar: Madagascar at 19°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Heilongjiang at 48°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Heilongjiang as 1.51× the size of Madagascar, when Madagascar is 1.31× the size of Heilongjiang.
• Together Madagascar and Heilongjiang cover 1,045,000 km², close to the size of Mauritania (1,036,000 km², 0.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 141,000 km², is about the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km²).
• At Heilongjiang's density, Madagascar would have 41.8 million people (it has 32.0 million). At Madagascar's density, Heilongjiang would have 24.4 million (it has 31.9 million).
• Heilongjiang's centre is 67.1° of latitude, about 7,460 km, farther north than Madagascar's.
• Madagascar ranks 45th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Heilongjiang is the 6th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 4.8% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
• Heilongjiang lies about 67° of latitude (roughly 7,460 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 Heilongjiang about 14,200 m².
• Laid side by side, Madagascar and Heilongjiang would cover 1,045,000 km², about the same size as Mauritania.
• Together they have 63.8 million people, about as many people as South Africa.
• Counted as a country, Heilongjiang would rank 57th by area and 48th by population.

Side by side

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 455,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 452,000 km², to within 2%.

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