Nepal is 21.8× the size of Shanghai
Nepal (Asia) covers about 147,000 km² (56,800 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.
- 147,000km²Nepal
- 6,750km²Shanghai
200 km
- Nepal
- Shanghai
What fits
- Shanghai fits inside Nepal about 21.8 times by area.
- Nepal is larger by 140,000 km² (54,200 mi²), which is 2,081% of the area of Shanghai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nepal is about 4.80, Shanghai about 0.22.
How they differ
- Nepal also has the larger population: 29.2 million against 24.9 million, 1.17× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 198 in Nepal: Shanghai is 18.6× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,620 km apart.
- Together Nepal and Shanghai cover 154,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 1.8% bigger).
- The gap between them, 140,000 km², is about the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km²).
- At Shanghai's density, Nepal would have 542.3 million people (it has 29.2 million). At Nepal's density, Shanghai would have 1.3 million (it has 24.9 million).
- Shanghai's centre is 2.9° of latitude, about 330 km, farther north than Nepal's.
- Nepal ranks 94th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- 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.
- Shanghai lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 326 km) north of Nepal.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nepal would have about 5,040 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
- Laid side by side, Nepal and Shanghai would cover 154,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
- Together they have 54.0 million people, about as many people as Myanmar.
- Counted as a country, Shanghai would rank 171st by area and 56th by population.
Side by side
| Nepal | Shanghai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAsia | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 147,000 km²56,800 mi² | 6,750 km²2,600 mi² |
| Official area | 147,000 km²Wikidata | 6,340 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 93rd of 239worldwide | 31st of 31in China |
| Population | 29.2 millionWikidata, 2021 | 24.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 51st of 237worldwide | 23rd of 31in China |
| Density | 198 per km² | 3,687 per km² |
| Capital | Kathmandu | – |
| Latitude range | 26°N to 30°N | 31°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 147,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 147,000 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 for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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