Paraná is 1.13× the size of Guangdong

What fits

• Guangdong is 88% of the size of Paraná.
• Paraná is larger by 23,200 km² (8,950 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Guangdong.
• Measured in Belgiums: Paraná is about 6.48, Guangdong about 5.72.

How they differ

• Paraná is larger, but Guangdong has the larger population: 126.0 million against 11.4 million, 11.0× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 718 in Guangdong against 58 in Paraná: Guangdong is 12.5× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 18,500 km apart.
• Together Paraná and Guangdong cover 374,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 23,200 km², is about the size of Belize (22,300 km²).
• At Guangdong's density, Paraná would have 142.7 million people (it has 11.4 million). At Paraná's density, Guangdong would have 10.1 million (it has 126.0 million).
• Guangdong's centre is 48.0° of latitude, about 5,340 km, farther north than Paraná's.
• Paraná is the 15th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 12th 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.
• Guangdong lies about 48° of latitude (roughly 5,340 km) north of Paraná, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Paraná would have about 17,360 m² and each person in Guangdong about 1,390 m².
• Laid side by side, Paraná and Guangdong would cover 374,000 km², about the same size as Japan.
• Together they have 137.5 million people, 1.04× as many people as Mexico.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 199,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 199,000 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.

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