Ningxia is 1.10× the size of Lower Saxony

What fits

• Lower Saxony is 91% of the size of Ningxia.
• Ningxia is larger by 4,540 km² (1,750 mi²), which is 9.5% of the area of Lower Saxony.
• Measured in Belgiums: Ningxia is about 1.70, Lower Saxony about 1.55.

How they differ

• Ningxia is larger, but Lower Saxony has the larger population: 7.9 million against 7.2 million, 1.10× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 167 in Lower Saxony against 138 in Ningxia: Lower Saxony is 1.21× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,220 km apart.
• On a standard web map Lower Saxony looks larger than Ningxia: Ningxia at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Lower Saxony at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 1.58× the size of Ningxia, when Ningxia is 1.10× the size of Lower Saxony.
• Together Ningxia and Lower Saxony cover 99,700 km², close to the size of South Korea (98,500 km², 1.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 4,540 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
• At Lower Saxony's density, Ningxia would have 8.7 million people (it has 7.2 million). At Ningxia's density, Lower Saxony would have 6.6 million (it has 7.9 million).
• Lower Saxony's centre is 15.5° of latitude, about 1,720 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.
• Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,720 km) north of Ningxia.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Ningxia would have about 7,240 m² and each person in Lower Saxony about 5,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Ningxia and Lower Saxony would cover 99,700 km², about the same size as South Korea.
• Together they have 15.1 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.

Side by side

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 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 km², to within 2%.

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