Ningxia is 1.03× the size of Punjab
Ningxia (autonomous region of China) covers about 52,100 km² (20,100 mi²) and Punjab (state of India) about 50,400 km² (19,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 52,100km²Ningxia
- 50,400km²Punjab
100 km
- Ningxia
- Punjab
What fits
- Punjab is 97% of the size of Ningxia.
- Ningxia is larger by 1,760 km² (678 mi²), which is 3.5% of the area of Punjab.
- Measured in Belgiums: Ningxia is about 1.70, Punjab about 1.64.
How they differ
- Ningxia is larger, but Punjab has the larger population: 27.7 million against 7.2 million, 3.85× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 551 in Punjab against 138 in Ningxia: Punjab is 3.99× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,910 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Ningxia at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Punjab at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Ningxia as 1.20× the size of Punjab instead of 1.03×.
- Together Ningxia and Punjab cover 103,000 km², close to the size of Iceland (102,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,760 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Punjab's density, Ningxia would have 28.7 million people (it has 7.2 million). At Ningxia's density, Punjab would have 7.0 million (it has 27.7 million).
- Ningxia's centre is 6.4° of latitude, about 710 km, farther north than Punjab'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.
- Punjab is the 20th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Ningxia lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 713 km) north of Punjab.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Ningxia would have about 7,240 m² and each person in Punjab about 1,820 m².
- Laid side by side, Ningxia and Punjab would cover 103,000 km², about the same size as Iceland.
- Together they have 34.9 million people, about as many people as Uzbekistan.
Side by side
| Ningxia | Punjab | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous RegionChina | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 52,100 km²20,100 mi² | 50,400 km²19,500 mi² |
| Official area | 52,200 km²Wikidata | 50,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 27th of 31in China | 20th of 36in India |
| Population | 7.2 millionWikidata, 2020 | 27.7 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 29th of 31in China | 17th of 36in India |
| Density | 138 per km² | 551 per km² |
| Capital | Yinchuan | Chandigarh |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 39°N | 30°N to 33°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2011. 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 50,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 50,400 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