North Dakota is 1.04× the size of Guangdong

What fits

• Guangdong is 96% of the size of North Dakota.
• North Dakota is larger by 7,260 km² (2,800 mi²), which is 4.1% of the area of Guangdong.
• Measured in Belgiums: North Dakota is about 5.96, Guangdong about 5.72.

How they differ

• North Dakota is larger, but Guangdong has the larger population: 126.0 million against 779,000, 162× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 718 in Guangdong against 4.3 in North Dakota: Guangdong is 168× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,400 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: North Dakota at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Guangdong at 23°N about 1.2×, so the map shows North Dakota as 1.92× the size of Guangdong instead of 1.04×.
• Together North Dakota and Guangdong cover 358,000 km², close to the size of Germany (358,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 7,260 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Guangdong's density, North Dakota would have 131.2 million people (it has 779,000). At North Dakota's density, Guangdong would have 748,000 (it has 126.0 million).
• North Dakota's centre is 24.1° of latitude, about 2,680 km, farther north than Guangdong's.
• North Dakota is the 18th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 48th most densely populated of them.
• Guangdong is the 15th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• North Dakota lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,680 km) north of Guangdong.
• Shared out evenly, each person in North Dakota would have about 234,560 m² and each person in Guangdong about 1,390 m².
• Laid side by side, North Dakota and Guangdong would cover 358,000 km², about the same size as Germany.
• Together they have 126.8 million people, about as many people as Ethiopia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 183,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 183,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 175,000 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 180,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

More from the same country

• All 51 states and districts of the United Statesmatched to countries
• All 31 provinces and regions of Chinamatched to countries

More comparisons

• Hebei vs North Dakota
• Hubei vs North Dakota
• Gujarat vs North Dakota
• North Dakota vs Cambodia
• Syria vs North Dakota
• North Dakota vs Uruguay
• North Dakota vs Nepal
• North Dakota vs Bhutan
• Uruguay vs Guangdong
• Cambodia vs Guangdong
• Guangdong vs Nepal
• Japan vs Guangdong