Roi Et is 1.14× the size of Shanghai

What fits

• Shanghai is 87% of the size of Roi Et.
• Roi Et is larger by 972 km² (375 mi²), which is 14% of the area of Shanghai.
• Measured in Belgiums: Roi Et is about 0.25, Shanghai about 0.22.

How they differ

• Roi Et is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.3 million, 19.2× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 168 in Roi Et: Shanghai is 21.9× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,460 km apart.
• On a standard web map Shanghai looks larger than Roi Et: Roi Et at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Shanghai at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.10× the size of Roi Et, when Roi Et is 1.14× the size of Shanghai.
• Together Roi Et and Shanghai cover 14,500 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 4.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 972 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
• At Shanghai's density, Roi Et would have 28.5 million people (it has 1.3 million). At Roi Et's density, Shanghai would have 1.1 million (it has 24.9 million).
• Shanghai's centre is 15.3° of latitude, about 1,700 km, farther north than Roi Et's.
• Roi Et is the 24th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai is the 31st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,700 km) north of Roi Et.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Roi Et would have about 5,940 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
• Laid side by side, Roi Et and Shanghai would cover 14,500 km², 96% of the size of East Timor.
• Together they have 26.2 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 7,720 km² is 7.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Our measured 6,750 km² is 6.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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