Okayama is 1.03× the size of Shanghai

What fits

• Shanghai is 97% of the size of Okayama.
• Okayama is larger by 189 km² (72.9 mi²), which is 2.8% of the area of Shanghai.
• Measured in Belgiums: Okayama is about 0.23, Shanghai about 0.22.

How they differ

• Okayama is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.9 million, 13.2× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 271 in Okayama: Shanghai is 13.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,220 km apart.
• Together Okayama and Shanghai cover 13,700 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 0.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 189 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
• At Shanghai's density, Okayama would have 25.6 million people (it has 1.9 million). At Okayama's density, Shanghai would have 1.8 million (it has 24.9 million).
• Okayama's centre is 3.7° of latitude, about 410 km, farther north than Shanghai's.
• Okayama is the 18th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai is the 31st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Okayama lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 413 km) north of Shanghai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Okayama would have about 3,690 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
• Laid side by side, Okayama and Shanghai would cover 13,700 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 26.7 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 6,930 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,110 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 6,750 km² is 6.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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