Maine is 1.02× the size of Chongqing
Maine (state of the United States) covers about 84,300 km² (32,500 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.
- 84,300km²Maine
- 82,400km²Chongqing
100 km
- Maine
- Chongqing
What fits
- Chongqing is 98% of the size of Maine.
- Maine is larger by 1,900 km² (732 mi²), which is 2.3% of the area of Chongqing.
- Measured in Belgiums: Maine is about 2.75, Chongqing about 2.69.
How they differ
- Maine is larger, but Chongqing has the larger population: 32.1 million against 1.4 million, 23.5× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 389 in Chongqing against 16 in Maine: Chongqing is 24.1× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Maine at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Chongqing at 30°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Maine as 1.55× the size of Chongqing instead of 1.02×.
- Together Maine and Chongqing cover 167,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,900 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Chongqing's density, Maine would have 32.8 million people (it has 1.4 million). At Maine's density, Chongqing would have 1.3 million (it has 32.1 million).
- Maine's centre is 15.3° of latitude, about 1,700 km, farther north than Chongqing's.
- Maine is the 39th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
- 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.
- Maine lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,700 km) north of Chongqing.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Maine would have about 61,850 m² and each person in Chongqing about 2,570 m².
- Laid side by side, Maine and Chongqing would cover 167,000 km², 1.06× the size of Tunisia.
- Together they have 33.4 million people, about as many people as Saudi Arabia.
Side by side
| Maine | Chongqing | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 84,300 km²32,500 mi² | 82,400 km²31,800 mi² |
| Official area | 91,600 km²Wikidata | 82,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 39th of 51in the United States | 26th of 31in China |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2020 | 32.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 42nd of 51in the United States | 19th of 31in China |
| Density | 16 per km² | 389 per km² |
| Capital | Augusta | – |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 47°N | 28°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 84,300 km² is 8.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 91,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- 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
- 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