Ningxia is 1.09× the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Ningxia (autonomous region of China) covers about 52,100 km² (20,100 mi²) and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (region of France) about 48,000 km² (18,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

52,100km²Ningxia
48,000km²Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

100 km

Ningxia
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

What fits

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 92% of the size of Ningxia.
Ningxia is larger by 4,140 km² (1,600 mi²), which is 8.6% of the area of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Measured in Belgiums: Ningxia is about 1.70, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté about 1.56.

How they differ

Ningxia also has the larger population: 7.2 million against 2.8 million, 2.57× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 138 in Ningxia against 58 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Ningxia is 2.36× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,810 km apart.
On a standard web map Bourgogne-Franche-Comté looks larger than Ningxia: Ningxia at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Bourgogne-Franche-Comté as 1.27× the size of Ningxia, when Ningxia is 1.09× the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Together Ningxia and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté cover 100,000 km², close to the size of South Korea (98,500 km², 1.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 4,140 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's density, Ningxia would have 3.0 million people (it has 7.2 million). At Ningxia's density, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have 6.6 million (it has 2.8 million).
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's centre is 10.0° of latitude, about 1,110 km, farther north than Ningxia's.
Ningxia is the 27th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is the 6th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 7.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,110 km) north of Ningxia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Ningxia would have about 7,240 m² and each person in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté about 17,120 m².
Laid side by side, Ningxia and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would cover 100,000 km², about the same size as South Korea.
Together they have 10.0 million people, about as many people as the United Arab Emirates.

Side by side

	Ningxia	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Is a	Autonomous RegionChina	RegionFrance
Area, measured	52,100 km²20,100 mi²	48,000 km²18,500 mi²
Official area	52,200 km²Wikidata	47,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 31in China	6th of 18in France
Population	7.2 millionWikidata, 2020	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	29th of 31in China	11th of 18in France
Density	138 per km²	58 per km²
Capital	Yinchuan	Dijon; Besançon
Latitude range	35°N to 39°N	46°N to 48°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 52,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,100 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 47,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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