Miyazaki is 1.16× the size of Shanghai
Miyazaki (prefecture of Japan) covers about 7,860 km² (3,030 mi²) and Shanghai (municipality of China) about 6,750 km² (2,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 7,860km²Miyazaki
- 6,750km²Shanghai
20 km
- Miyazaki
- Shanghai
What fits
- Shanghai is 86% of the size of Miyazaki.
- Miyazaki is larger by 1,110 km² (429 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Shanghai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Miyazaki is about 0.26, Shanghai about 0.22.
How they differ
- Miyazaki is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.1 million, 23.4× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 135 in Miyazaki: Shanghai is 27.3× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 937 km apart.
- Together Miyazaki and Shanghai cover 14,600 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 3.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,110 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Shanghai's density, Miyazaki would have 29.0 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Miyazaki's density, Shanghai would have 911,000 (it has 24.9 million).
- Miyazaki's centre is 1.0° of latitude, about 110 km, farther north than Shanghai's.
- Miyazaki is the 13th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 39th 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.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 32°N and 31°N.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Miyazaki would have about 7,400 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
- Laid side by side, Miyazaki and Shanghai would cover 14,600 km², 97% of the size of East Timor.
- Together they have 25.9 million people, about as many people as North Korea.
Side by side
| Miyazaki | Shanghai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 7,860 km²3,030 mi² | 6,750 km²2,600 mi² |
| Official area | 7,740 km²Wikidata | 6,340 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 47in Japan | 31st of 31in China |
| Population | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2021 | 24.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 36th of 47in Japan | 23rd of 31in China |
| Density | 135 per km² | 3,687 per km² |
| Capital | Miyazaki | – |
| Latitude range | 31°N to 33°N | 31°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 7,740 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,860 km², to within 2%.
- 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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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