Ningxia is 1.19× the size of Rio de Janeiro

What fits

• Rio de Janeiro is 84% of the size of Ningxia.
• Ningxia is larger by 8,160 km² (3,150 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Rio de Janeiro.
• Measured in Belgiums: Ningxia is about 1.70, Rio de Janeiro about 1.43.

How they differ

• Ningxia is larger, but Rio de Janeiro has the larger population: 16.1 million against 7.2 million, 2.23× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 365 in Rio de Janeiro against 138 in Ningxia: Rio de Janeiro is 2.64× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Ningxia at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Rio de Janeiro at 22°S about 1.2×, so the map shows Ningxia as 1.60× the size of Rio de Janeiro instead of 1.19×.
• Together Ningxia and Rio de Janeiro cover 96,100 km², close to the size of Liberia (95,300 km², 0.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 8,160 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At Rio de Janeiro's density, Ningxia would have 19.0 million people (it has 7.2 million). At Ningxia's density, Rio de Janeiro would have 6.1 million (it has 16.1 million).
• Ningxia's centre is 59.4° of latitude, about 6,610 km, farther north than Rio de Janeiro'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.
• Rio de Janeiro is the 24th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Ningxia lies about 59° of latitude (roughly 6,610 km) north of Rio de Janeiro, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Ningxia would have about 7,240 m² and each person in Rio de Janeiro about 2,740 m².
• Laid side by side, Ningxia and Rio de Janeiro would cover 96,100 km², about the same size as Liberia.
• Together they have 23.3 million people, about as many people as Burkina Faso.

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 43,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 44,000 km², to within 2%.

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