Ningxia is 13.4× the size of Saitama
Ningxia (autonomous region of China) covers about 52,100 km² (20,100 mi²) and Saitama (prefecture of Japan) about 3,880 km² (1,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 52,100km²Ningxia
- 3,880km²Saitama
100 km
- Ningxia
- Saitama
What fits
- Saitama fits inside Ningxia about 13.4 times by area.
- Ningxia is larger by 48,300 km² (18,600 mi²), which is 1,242% of the area of Saitama.
- Measured in Belgiums: Ningxia is about 1.70, Saitama about 0.13.
How they differ
- Ningxia is larger, but Saitama has the larger population: 7.3 million against 7.2 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,890 in Saitama against 138 in Ningxia: Saitama is 13.7× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,950 km apart.
- Together Ningxia and Saitama cover 56,000 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 1.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 48,300 km², is about the size of Dominican Republic (48,400 km²).
- At Saitama's density, Ningxia would have 98.6 million people (it has 7.2 million). At Ningxia's density, Saitama would have 537,000 (it has 7.3 million).
- Ningxia's centre is 1.3° of latitude, about 140 km, farther north than Saitama'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.
- Saitama is the 39th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 37°N and 36°N.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Ningxia would have about 7,240 m² and each person in Saitama about 530 m².
- Laid side by side, Ningxia and Saitama would cover 56,000 km², about the same size as Togo.
- Together they have 14.5 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.
Side by side
| Ningxia | Saitama | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous RegionChina | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 52,100 km²20,100 mi² | 3,880 km²1,500 mi² |
| Official area | 52,200 km²Wikidata | 3,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 27th of 31in China | 39th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 7.2 millionWikidata, 2020 | 7.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 29th of 31in China | 5th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 138 per km² | 1,890 per km² |
| Capital | Yinchuan | Saitama |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 39°N | 36°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 52,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,100 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 3,880 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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