Qinghai is 22.3× the size of Hauts-de-France
Qinghai (province of China) covers about 714,000 km² (276,000 mi²) and Hauts-de-France (region of France) about 32,000 km² (12,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 714,000km²Qinghai
- 32,000km²Hauts-de-France
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- Qinghai
- Hauts-de-France
What fits
- Hauts-de-France fits inside Qinghai about 22.3 times by area.
- Qinghai is larger by 682,000 km² (264,000 mi²), which is 2,134% of the area of Hauts-de-France.
- Measured in Belgiums: Qinghai is about 23.3, Hauts-de-France about 1.04.
How they differ
- Qinghai is larger, but Hauts-de-France has the larger population: 6.0 million against 5.9 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 188 in Hauts-de-France against 8.3 in Qinghai: Hauts-de-France is 22.6× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,260 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Qinghai at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Hauts-de-France at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Qinghai as 14.0× the size of Hauts-de-France instead of 22.3×.
- Together Qinghai and Hauts-de-France cover 746,000 km², close to the size of Zambia (752,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 682,000 km², is about the size of Myanmar (663,000 km²).
- At Hauts-de-France's density, Qinghai would have 134.0 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Qinghai's density, Hauts-de-France would have 265,000 (it has 6.0 million).
- Hauts-de-France's centre is 14.2° of latitude, about 1,580 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.
- Hauts-de-France is the 9th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Hauts-de-France lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,580 km) north of Qinghai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Qinghai would have about 120,610 m² and each person in Hauts-de-France about 5,330 m².
- Laid side by side, Qinghai and Hauts-de-France would cover 746,000 km², about the same size as Zambia.
- Together they have 11.9 million people, about as many people as Belgium.
Side by side
| Qinghai | Hauts-de-France | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceChina | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 714,000 km²276,000 mi² | 32,000 km²12,400 mi² |
| Official area | 697,000 km²Wikidata | 31,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 4th of 31in China | 9th of 18in France |
| Population | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 6.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 30th of 31in China | 5th of 18in France |
| Density | 8.3 per km² | 188 per km² |
| Capital | Xining | Lille |
| Latitude range | 32°N to 39°N | 49°N to 51°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 31,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Hauts-de-France is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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