Rio Grande do Sul is 1.15× the size of Guangxi

What fits

• Guangxi is 87% of the size of Rio Grande do Sul.
• Rio Grande do Sul is larger by 35,000 km² (13,500 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Guangxi.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio Grande do Sul is about 8.88, Guangxi about 7.74.

How they differ

• Rio Grande do Sul is larger, but Guangxi has the larger population: 50.1 million against 10.9 million, 4.61× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 211 in Guangxi against 40 in Rio Grande do Sul: Guangxi is 5.28× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 18,100 km apart.
• Together Rio Grande do Sul and Guangxi cover 510,000 km², close to the size of Thailand (514,000 km², 1.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 35,000 km², is about the size of Taiwan (36,200 km²).
• At Guangxi's density, Rio Grande do Sul would have 57.5 million people (it has 10.9 million). At Rio Grande do Sul's density, Guangxi would have 9.5 million (it has 50.1 million).
• Guangxi's centre is 53.6° of latitude, about 5,960 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Sul's.
• Rio Grande do Sul is the 10th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.2% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
• Guangxi is the 9th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.5% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
• Guangxi lies about 54° of latitude (roughly 5,960 km) north of Rio Grande do Sul, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Rio Grande do Sul would have about 25,020 m² and each person in Guangxi about 4,730 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio Grande do Sul and Guangxi would cover 510,000 km², about the same size as Thailand.
• Together they have 61.0 million people, about as many people as South Africa.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 272,000 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 282,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 235,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 237,000 km², to within 2%.

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