Qinghai is 2.15× the size of Finland
Qinghai (province of China) covers about 714,000 km² (276,000 mi²) and Finland (Europe) about 333,000 km² (129,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 714,000km²Qinghai
- 333,000km²Finland
200 km
- Qinghai
- Finland
What fits
- Finland fits inside Qinghai about 2.15 times by area.
- Qinghai is larger by 381,000 km² (147,000 mi²), which is 115% of the area of Finland.
- Measured in Belgiums: Qinghai is about 23.3, Finland about 10.9.
How they differ
- Qinghai also has the larger population: 5.9 million against 5.7 million, 1.05× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 17 in Finland against 8.3 in Qinghai: Finland is 2.05× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,520 km apart.
- On a standard web map Finland looks larger than Qinghai: Qinghai at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Finland at 64°N about 5.3×, so the map shows Finland as 1.63× the size of Qinghai, when Qinghai is 2.15× the size of Finland.
- Together Qinghai and Finland cover 1,048,000 km², close to the size of Mauritania (1,036,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 381,000 km², is about the size of Norway (382,000 km²).
- At Finland's density, Qinghai would have 12.1 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Qinghai's density, Finland would have 2.8 million (it has 5.7 million).
- Finland's centre is 28.5° of latitude, about 3,170 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.
- Finland ranks 67th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Finland lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,170 km) north of Qinghai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Qinghai would have about 120,610 m² and each person in Finland about 58,920 m².
- Laid side by side, Qinghai and Finland would cover 1,048,000 km², about the same size as Mauritania.
- Together they have 11.6 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.
- Counted as a country, Qinghai would rank 40th by area and 115th by population.
Side by side
| Qinghai | Finland | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceChina | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 714,000 km²276,000 mi² | 333,000 km²129,000 mi² |
| Official area | 697,000 km²Wikidata | 338,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 4th of 31in China | 66th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 5.7 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Rank by population | 30th of 31in China | 116th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 8.3 per km² | 17 per km² |
| Capital | Xining | Helsinki |
| Latitude range | 32°N to 39°N | 60°N to 70°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2025. 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 338,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 333,000 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