Ningxia is 1.19× the size of Quintana Roo
Ningxia (autonomous region of China) covers about 52,100 km² (20,100 mi²) and Quintana Roo (state of Mexico) about 43,900 km² (16,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 52,100km²Ningxia
- 43,900km²Quintana Roo
100 km
- Ningxia
- Quintana Roo
What fits
- Quintana Roo is 84% of the size of Ningxia.
- Ningxia is larger by 8,260 km² (3,190 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Quintana Roo.
- Measured in Belgiums: Ningxia is about 1.70, Quintana Roo about 1.43.
How they differ
- Ningxia also has the larger population: 7.2 million against 1.9 million, 3.88× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 138 in Ningxia against 42 in Quintana Roo: Ningxia is 3.26× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,500 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Ningxia at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Quintana Roo at 20°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Ningxia as 1.66× the size of Quintana Roo instead of 1.19×.
- Together Ningxia and Quintana Roo cover 96,000 km², close to the size of Liberia (95,300 km², 0.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 8,260 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Quintana Roo's density, Ningxia would have 2.2 million people (it has 7.2 million). At Ningxia's density, Quintana Roo would have 6.1 million (it has 1.9 million).
- Ningxia's centre is 17.6° of latitude, about 1,950 km, farther north than Quintana Roo'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.
- Quintana Roo is the 19th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
- Ningxia lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 1,950 km) north of Quintana Roo.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Ningxia would have about 7,240 m² and each person in Quintana Roo about 23,610 m².
- Laid side by side, Ningxia and Quintana Roo would cover 96,000 km², about the same size as Liberia.
- Together they have 9.1 million people, about as many people as Belarus.
Side by side
| Ningxia | Quintana Roo | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous RegionChina | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 52,100 km²20,100 mi² | 43,900 km²16,900 mi² |
| Official area | 52,200 km²Wikidata | 44,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 27th of 31in China | 19th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 7.2 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 29th of 31in China | 24th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 138 per km² | 42 per km² |
| Capital | Yinchuan | Chetumal |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 39°N | 18°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. 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 44,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 43,900 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