Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.70× the size of Guangxi

Newfoundland and Labrador (province of Canada) covers about 403,000 km² (156,000 mi²) and Guangxi (autonomous region of China) about 237,000 km² (91,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

403,000km²Newfoundland and Labrador
237,000km²Guangxi

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Newfoundland and Labrador
Guangxi

What fits

Guangxi is 59% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 166,000 km² (64,100 mi²), which is 70% of the area of Guangxi.
Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Guangxi about 7.74.

How they differ

Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Guangxi has the larger population: 50.1 million against 511,000, 98.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 211 in Guangxi against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Guangxi is 167× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,400 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Guangxi at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 3.88× the size of Guangxi instead of 1.70×.
Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Guangxi cover 641,000 km², close to the size of Afghanistan (642,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 166,000 km², is about the size of Somaliland (167,000 km²).
At Guangxi's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 85.2 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Guangxi would have 300,000 (it has 50.1 million).
Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 28.9° of latitude, about 3,210 km, farther north than Guangxi's.
Newfoundland and Labrador is the 10th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Guangxi is the 9th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.5% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 29° of latitude (roughly 3,210 km) north of Guangxi.
Shared out evenly, each person in Newfoundland and Labrador would have about 789,980 m² and each person in Guangxi about 4,730 m².
Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Guangxi would cover 641,000 km², about the same size as Afghanistan.
Together they have 50.6 million people, about as many people as South Korea.

Side by side

	Newfoundland and Labrador	Guangxi
Is a	ProvinceCanada	Autonomous RegionChina
Area, measured	403,000 km²156,000 mi²	237,000 km²91,600 mi²
Official area	405,000 km²Wikidata	235,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 13in Canada	9th of 31in China
Population	511,000Wikidata, 2021	50.1 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	9th of 13in Canada	11th of 31in China
Density	1.3 per km²	211 per km²
Capital	St. John's	Nanning
Latitude range	47°N to 60°N	21°N to 26°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 405,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 403,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 235,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 237,000 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

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