New South Wales is 1.77× the size of Heilongjiang

What fits

• Heilongjiang is 56% of the size of New South Wales.
• New South Wales is larger by 350,000 km² (135,000 mi²), which is 77% of the area of Heilongjiang.
• Measured in Belgiums: New South Wales is about 26.1, Heilongjiang about 14.7.

How they differ

• New South Wales is larger, but Heilongjiang has the larger population: 31.9 million against 8.5 million, 3.73× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 70 in Heilongjiang against 11 in New South Wales: Heilongjiang is 6.61× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,090 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: New South Wales at 32°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Heilongjiang at 48°N about 2.2×, so the map shows New South Wales as 1.12× the size of Heilongjiang instead of 1.77×.
• Together New South Wales and Heilongjiang cover 1,254,000 km², close to the size of Mali (1,253,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 350,000 km², is about the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km²).
• At Heilongjiang's density, New South Wales would have 56.5 million people (it has 8.5 million). At New South Wales's density, Heilongjiang would have 4.8 million (it has 31.9 million).
• Heilongjiang's centre is 80.0° of latitude, about 8,890 km, farther north than New South Wales's.
• New South Wales is the 5th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 10% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Heilongjiang is the 6th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 4.8% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
• Heilongjiang lies about 80° of latitude (roughly 8,890 km) north of New South Wales, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in New South Wales would have about 93,850 m² and each person in Heilongjiang about 14,200 m².
• Laid side by side, New South Wales and Heilongjiang would cover 1,254,000 km², about the same size as Mali.
• Together they have 40.4 million people, about as many people as Sudan.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 801,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 802,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 455,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 452,000 km², to within 2%.

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