Rio Grande do Norte is 1.01× the size of Ningxia

What fits

• Ningxia is 99% of the size of Rio Grande do Norte.
• Rio Grande do Norte is larger by 677 km² (261 mi²), which is 1.3% of the area of Ningxia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio Grande do Norte is about 1.72, Ningxia about 1.70.

How they differ

• Rio Grande do Norte is larger, but Ningxia has the larger population: 7.2 million against 3.3 million, 2.18× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 138 in Ningxia against 63 in Rio Grande do Norte: Ningxia is 2.21× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 14,900 km apart.
• On a standard web map Ningxia looks larger than Rio Grande do Norte: Rio Grande do Norte at 6°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Ningxia at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Ningxia as 1.54× the size of Rio Grande do Norte, when Rio Grande do Norte is 1.01× the size of Ningxia.
• Together Rio Grande do Norte and Ningxia cover 105,000 km², close to the size of Iceland (102,000 km², 2.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 677 km², is about the size of Bahrain (688 km²).
• At Ningxia's density, Rio Grande do Norte would have 7.3 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Rio Grande do Norte's density, Ningxia would have 3.3 million (it has 7.2 million).
• Ningxia's centre is 43.1° of latitude, about 4,790 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Norte's.
• Rio Grande do Norte is the 22nd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Ningxia is the 27th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
• Ningxia lies about 43° of latitude (roughly 4,790 km) north of Rio Grande do Norte, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Rio Grande do Norte would have about 15,990 m² and each person in Ningxia about 7,240 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio Grande do Norte and Ningxia would cover 105,000 km², about the same size as Iceland.
• Together they have 10.5 million people, about as many people as Greece.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 53,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,800 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 52,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,100 km², to within 2%.

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