Qinghai is 1.22× the size of Minas Gerais

What fits

• Minas Gerais is 82% of the size of Qinghai.
• Qinghai is larger by 128,000 km² (49,500 mi²), which is 22% of the area of Minas Gerais.
• Measured in Belgiums: Qinghai is about 23.3, Minas Gerais about 19.1.

How they differ

• Qinghai is larger, but Minas Gerais has the larger population: 20.5 million against 5.9 million, 3.47× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 35 in Minas Gerais against 8.3 in Qinghai: Minas Gerais is 4.22× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 15,700 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Qinghai at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Minas Gerais at 18°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Qinghai as 1.67× the size of Minas Gerais instead of 1.22×.
• Together Qinghai and Minas Gerais cover 1,301,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 0.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 128,000 km², is about the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km²).
• At Minas Gerais's density, Qinghai would have 25.0 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Qinghai's density, Minas Gerais would have 4.9 million (it has 20.5 million).
• Qinghai's centre is 54.2° of latitude, about 6,030 km, farther north than Minas Gerais'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.
• Minas Gerais is the 4th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 6.9% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
• Qinghai lies about 54° of latitude (roughly 6,030 km) north of Minas Gerais, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Qinghai would have about 120,610 m² and each person in Minas Gerais about 28,550 m².
• Laid side by side, Qinghai and Minas Gerais would cover 1,301,000 km², about the same size as Peru.
• Together they have 26.5 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

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 587,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 586,000 km², to within 2%.

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