Miyagi is 1.11× the size of Shanghai

What fits

• Shanghai is 90% of the size of Miyagi.
• Miyagi is larger by 756 km² (292 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Shanghai.
• Measured in Belgiums: Miyagi is about 0.24, Shanghai about 0.22.

How they differ

• Miyagi is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 2.3 million, 10.9× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 305 in Miyagi: Shanghai is 12.1× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,950 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Miyagi at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Shanghai at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Miyagi as 1.33× the size of Shanghai instead of 1.11×.
• Together Miyagi and Shanghai cover 14,200 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 3.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 756 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
• At Shanghai's density, Miyagi would have 27.7 million people (it has 2.3 million). At Miyagi's density, Shanghai would have 2.1 million (it has 24.9 million).
• Miyagi's centre is 7.3° of latitude, about 810 km, farther north than Shanghai's.
• Miyagi is the 15th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai is the 31st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Miyagi lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 806 km) north of Shanghai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Miyagi would have about 3,280 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
• Laid side by side, Miyagi and Shanghai would cover 14,200 km², 1.04× the size of Montenegro.
• Together they have 27.2 million people, about as many people as Australia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 7,500 km² is 3.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 7,280 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 6,750 km² is 6.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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