Qinghai is 16.7× the size of Denmark
Qinghai (province of China) covers about 714,000 km² (276,000 mi²) and Denmark (Europe) about 42,700 km² (16,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 714,000km²Qinghai
- 42,700km²Denmark
200 km
- Qinghai
- Denmark
What fits
- Denmark fits inside Qinghai about 16.7 times by area.
- Qinghai is larger by 672,000 km² (259,000 mi²), which is 1,573% of the area of Denmark.
- Measured in Belgiums: Qinghai is about 23.3, Denmark about 1.39.
How they differ
- Qinghai also has the larger population: 5.9 million against 5.8 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 136 in Denmark against 8.3 in Qinghai: Denmark is 16.4× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,550 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Qinghai at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Denmark at 56°N about 3.2×, so the map shows Qinghai as 7.96× the size of Denmark instead of 16.7×.
- Together Qinghai and Denmark cover 757,000 km², close to the size of Zambia (752,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 672,000 km², is about the size of Myanmar (663,000 km²).
- At Denmark's density, Qinghai would have 97.4 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Qinghai's density, Denmark would have 354,000 (it has 5.8 million).
- Denmark's centre is 20.2° of latitude, about 2,250 km, farther north than Qinghai's.
- Qinghai is the 4th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 7.6% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
- Denmark ranks 134th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Denmark lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,250 km) north of Qinghai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Qinghai would have about 120,610 m² and each person in Denmark about 7,330 m².
- Laid side by side, Qinghai and Denmark would cover 757,000 km², about the same size as Zambia.
- Together they have 11.7 million people, about as many people as Belgium.
- Counted as a country, Qinghai would rank 40th by area and 115th by population.
Side by side
| Qinghai | Denmark | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceChina | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 714,000 km²276,000 mi² | 42,700 km²16,500 mi² |
| Official area | 697,000 km²Wikidata | 42,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 4th of 31in China | 133rd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 5.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 30th of 31in China | 115th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 8.3 per km² | 136 per km² |
| Capital | Xining | Copenhagen |
| Latitude range | 32°N to 39°N | 55°N to 58°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 714,000 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 697,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 42,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,700 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