Qinghai is 23.5× the size of Guanajuato
Qinghai (province of China) covers about 714,000 km² (276,000 mi²) and Guanajuato (state of Mexico) about 30,400 km² (11,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 714,000km²Qinghai
- 30,400km²Guanajuato
200 km
- Qinghai
- Guanajuato
What fits
- Guanajuato fits inside Qinghai about 23.5 times by area.
- Qinghai is larger by 684,000 km² (264,000 mi²), which is 2,249% of the area of Guanajuato.
- Measured in Belgiums: Qinghai is about 23.3, Guanajuato about 0.99.
How they differ
- Qinghai also has the larger population: 5.9 million against 5.9 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 192 in Guanajuato against 8.3 in Qinghai: Guanajuato is 23.2× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,500 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Qinghai at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Guanajuato at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Qinghai as 31.1× the size of Guanajuato instead of 23.5×.
- Together Qinghai and Guanajuato cover 745,000 km², close to the size of Zambia (752,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 684,000 km², is about the size of Myanmar (663,000 km²).
- At Guanajuato's density, Qinghai would have 137.5 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Qinghai's density, Guanajuato would have 252,000 (it has 5.9 million).
- Qinghai's centre is 14.9° of latitude, about 1,650 km, farther north than Guanajuato'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.
- Guanajuato is the 22nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Qinghai lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,650 km) north of Guanajuato.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Qinghai would have about 120,610 m² and each person in Guanajuato about 5,200 m².
- Laid side by side, Qinghai and Guanajuato would cover 745,000 km², about the same size as Zambia.
- Together they have 11.8 million people, about as many people as Belgium.
Side by side
| Qinghai | Guanajuato | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceChina | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 714,000 km²276,000 mi² | 30,400 km²11,700 mi² |
| Official area | 697,000 km²Wikidata | 30,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 4th of 31in China | 22nd of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 30th of 31in China | 6th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 8.3 per km² | 192 per km² |
| Capital | Xining | Guanajuato |
| Latitude range | 32°N to 39°N | 20°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. 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 30,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,400 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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