Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 1.43× the size of Beijing

What fits

• Beijing is 70% of the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger by 6,960 km² (2,690 mi²), which is 43% of the area of Beijing.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is about 0.76, Beijing about 0.53.

How they differ

• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger, but Beijing has the larger population: 21.9 million against 1.6 million, 13.9× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 1,347 in Beijing against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Beijing is 19.9× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,300 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Beijing at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 2.38× the size of Beijing instead of 1.43×.
• Together Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Beijing cover 39,500 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 2.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 6,960 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Beijing's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 31.3 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Beijing would have 1.1 million (it has 21.9 million).
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 13.6° of latitude, about 1,510 km, farther north than Beijing's.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the 6th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Beijing is the 29th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,510 km) north of Beijing.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have about 14,770 m² and each person in Beijing about 740 m².
• Laid side by side, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Beijing would cover 39,500 km², about the same size as Bhutan.
• Together they have 23.5 million people, about as many people as Syria.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,300 km², to within 2%.

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