New South Wales is 1.65× the size of Sichuan
New South Wales (state of Australia) covers about 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and Sichuan (province of China) about 485,000 km² (187,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 802,000km²New South Wales
- 485,000km²Sichuan
200 km
- New South Wales
- Sichuan
What fits
- Sichuan is 60% of the size of New South Wales.
- New South Wales is larger by 317,000 km² (122,000 mi²), which is 65% of the area of Sichuan.
- Measured in Belgiums: New South Wales is about 26.1, Sichuan about 15.8.
How they differ
- New South Wales is larger, but Sichuan has the larger population: 83.7 million against 8.5 million, 9.79× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 173 in Sichuan against 11 in New South Wales: Sichuan is 16.2× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,400 km apart.
- Together New South Wales and Sichuan cover 1,287,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 317,000 km², is about the size of Ivory Coast (321,000 km²).
- At Sichuan's density, New South Wales would have 138.4 million people (it has 8.5 million). At New South Wales's density, Sichuan would have 5.2 million (it has 83.7 million).
- Sichuan's centre is 62.8° of latitude, about 6,980 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.
- Sichuan is the 5th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 5.2% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
- Sichuan lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 6,980 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 Sichuan about 5,790 m².
- Laid side by side, New South Wales and Sichuan would cover 1,287,000 km², about the same size as Peru.
- Together they have 92.2 million people, about as many people as Iran.
Side by side
| New South Wales | Sichuan | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateAustralia | ProvinceChina |
| Area, measured | 802,000 km²310,000 mi² | 485,000 km²187,000 mi² |
| Official area | 801,000 km²Wikidata | 485,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 8in Australia | 5th of 31in China |
| Population | 8.5 millionWikidata, 2024 | 83.7 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 1st of 8in Australia | 5th of 31in China |
| Density | 11 per km² | 173 per km² |
| Capital | Sydney | Chengdu |
| Latitude range | 38°S to 28°S | 26°N to 34°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%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 485,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 485,000 km², to within 2%.
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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