New South Wales is 1.12× the size of Qinghai
New South Wales (state of Australia) covers about 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and Qinghai (province of China) about 714,000 km² (276,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 802,000km²New South Wales
- 714,000km²Qinghai
200 km
- New South Wales
- Qinghai
What fits
- Qinghai is 89% of the size of New South Wales.
- New South Wales is larger by 87,500 km² (33,800 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Qinghai.
- Measured in Belgiums: New South Wales is about 26.1, Qinghai about 23.3.
How they differ
- New South Wales also has the larger population: 8.5 million against 5.9 million, 1.44× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 11 in New South Wales against 8.3 in Qinghai: New South Wales is 1.29× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,230 km apart.
- Together New South Wales and Qinghai cover 1,516,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 3.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 87,500 km², is about the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km²).
- At Qinghai's density, New South Wales would have 6.6 million people (it has 8.5 million). At New South Wales's density, Qinghai would have 7.6 million (it has 5.9 million).
- Qinghai's centre is 67.9° of latitude, about 7,550 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.
- Qinghai is the 4th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 7.6% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
- Qinghai lies about 68° of latitude (roughly 7,550 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 Qinghai about 120,610 m².
- Laid side by side, New South Wales and Qinghai would cover 1,516,000 km², 97% of the size of Mongolia.
- Together they have 14.5 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.
Side by side
| New South Wales | Qinghai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateAustralia | ProvinceChina |
| Area, measured | 802,000 km²310,000 mi² | 714,000 km²276,000 mi² |
| Official area | 801,000 km²Wikidata | 697,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 8in Australia | 4th of 31in China |
| Population | 8.5 millionWikidata, 2024 | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 1st of 8in Australia | 30th of 31in China |
| Density | 11 per km² | 8.3 per km² |
| Capital | Sydney | Xining |
| Latitude range | 38°S to 28°S | 32°N to 39°N |
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%.
- Our measured 714,000 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 697,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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