Queensland is 1.06× the size of Xinjiang

Queensland (state of Australia) covers about 1,730,000 km² (668,000 mi²) and Xinjiang (autonomous region of China) about 1,630,000 km² (629,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,730,000km²Queensland
1,630,000km²Xinjiang

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Queensland
Xinjiang

Xinjiang: Part of this region's boundary is disputed with India. Size Versus draws Natural Earth's de facto outline, the boundary as it is held on the ground, and takes no position on it.

What fits

Xinjiang is 94% of the size of Queensland.
Queensland is larger by 99,900 km² (38,600 mi²), which is 6.1% of the area of Xinjiang.
Measured in Belgiums: Queensland is about 56.4, Xinjiang about 53.2.

How they differ

Queensland is larger, but Xinjiang has the larger population: 25.9 million against 5.6 million, 4.60× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 16 in Xinjiang against 3.2 in Queensland: Xinjiang is 4.88× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,350 km apart.
On a standard web map Xinjiang looks larger than Queensland: Queensland at 23°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Xinjiang at 41°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Xinjiang as 1.41× the size of Queensland, when Queensland is 1.06× the size of Xinjiang.
Together Queensland and Xinjiang cover 3,360,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 6.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 99,900 km², is about the size of South Korea (98,500 km²).
At Xinjiang's density, Queensland would have 27.4 million people (it has 5.6 million). At Queensland's density, Xinjiang would have 5.3 million (it has 25.9 million).
Xinjiang's centre is 63.5° of latitude, about 7,070 km, farther north than Queensland's.
Queensland is the 2nd largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 22% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
Xinjiang is the largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 17% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
Xinjiang lies about 64° of latitude (roughly 7,070 km) north of Queensland, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Queensland would have about 307,920 m² and each person in Xinjiang about 63,060 m².
Laid side by side, Queensland and Xinjiang would cover 3,360,000 km², 1.07× the size of India.
Together they have 31.5 million people, about as many people as Venezuela.

Side by side

	Queensland	Xinjiang
Is a	StateAustralia	Autonomous RegionChina
Area, measured	1,730,000 km²668,000 mi²	1,630,000 km²629,000 mi²
Official area	1,730,000 km²Wikidata	1,665,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	2nd of 8in Australia	1st of 31in China
Population	5.6 millionWikidata, 2024	25.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	3rd of 8in Australia	21st of 31in China
Density	3.2 per km²	16 per km²
Capital	Brisbane	Ürümqi
Latitude range	29°S to 9°S	34°N to 49°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 1,730,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,730,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 1,630,000 km² is 2.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,665,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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

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