Ningxia is 1.26× the size of Switzerland
Ningxia (autonomous region of China) covers about 52,100 km² (20,100 mi²) and Switzerland (Europe) about 41,400 km² (16,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 52,100km²Ningxia
- 41,400km²Switzerland
100 km
- Ningxia
- Switzerland
What fits
- Switzerland is 79% of the size of Ningxia.
- Ningxia is larger by 10,700 km² (4,130 mi²), which is 26% of the area of Switzerland.
- Measured in Belgiums: Ningxia is about 1.70, Switzerland about 1.35.
How they differ
- Ningxia is larger, but Switzerland has the larger population: 9.1 million against 7.2 million, 1.26× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 220 in Switzerland against 138 in Ningxia: Switzerland is 1.59× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,620 km apart.
- On a standard web map Switzerland looks larger than Ningxia: Ningxia at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Switzerland at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Switzerland as 1.07× the size of Ningxia, when Ningxia is 1.26× the size of Switzerland.
- Together Ningxia and Switzerland cover 93,600 km², close to the size of Hungary (93,200 km², 0.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 10,700 km², is about the size of Gambia (10,500 km²).
- At Switzerland's density, Ningxia would have 11.5 million people (it has 7.2 million). At Ningxia's density, Switzerland would have 5.7 million (it has 9.1 million).
- Switzerland's centre is 9.5° of latitude, about 1,060 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.
- Switzerland ranks 135th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Switzerland lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,060 km) north of Ningxia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Ningxia would have about 7,240 m² and each person in Switzerland about 4,550 m².
- Laid side by side, Ningxia and Switzerland would cover 93,600 km², about the same size as Hungary.
- Together they have 16.3 million people, 97% as many people as Senegal.
- Counted as a country, Ningxia would rank 128th by area and 106th by population.
Side by side
| Ningxia | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous RegionChina | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 52,100 km²20,100 mi² | 41,400 km²16,000 mi² |
| Official area | 52,200 km²Wikidata | 41,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 27th of 31in China | 134th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 7.2 millionWikidata, 2020 | 9.1 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Rank by population | 29th of 31in China | 96th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 138 per km² | 220 per km² |
| Capital | Yinchuan | Bern |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 39°N | 46°N to 48°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2025. 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 41,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 41,400 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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