North Korea is 1.01× the size of Fujian

What fits

• Fujian is 99% of the size of North Korea.
• North Korea is larger by 1,660 km² (639 mi²), which is 1.4% of the area of Fujian.
• Measured in Belgiums: North Korea is about 3.99, Fujian about 3.94.

How they differ

• North Korea is larger, but Fujian has the larger population: 41.5 million against 26.4 million, 1.57× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 344 in Fujian against 216 in North Korea: Fujian is 1.59× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,780 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: North Korea at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Fujian at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows North Korea as 1.40× the size of Fujian instead of 1.01×.
• Together North Korea and Fujian cover 243,000 km², close to the size of United Kingdom (244,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,660 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Fujian's density, North Korea would have 42.1 million people (it has 26.4 million). At North Korea's density, Fujian would have 26.1 million (it has 41.5 million).
• North Korea's centre is 14.1° of latitude, about 1,560 km, farther north than Fujian's.
• North Korea ranks 101st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Fujian is the 23rd largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• North Korea lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,560 km) north of Fujian.
• Shared out evenly, each person in North Korea would have about 4,630 m² and each person in Fujian about 2,910 m².
• Laid side by side, North Korea and Fujian would cover 243,000 km², about the same size as the United Kingdom.
• Together they have 68.0 million people, about as many people as the United Kingdom.
• Counted as a country, Fujian would rank 101st by area and 34th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 121,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 122,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 121,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 121,000 km², to within 2%.

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