Sergipe is 1.33× the size of Beijing

What fits

• Beijing is 75% of the size of Sergipe.
• Sergipe is larger by 5,350 km² (2,070 mi²), which is 33% of the area of Beijing.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sergipe is about 0.70, Beijing about 0.53.

How they differ

• Sergipe is larger, but Beijing has the larger population: 21.9 million against 2.2 million, 9.91× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 1,347 in Beijing against 102 in Sergipe: Beijing is 13.2× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 15,800 km apart.
• On a standard web map Beijing looks larger than Sergipe: Sergipe at 11°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Beijing at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Beijing as 1.24× the size of Sergipe, when Sergipe is 1.33× the size of Beijing.
• Together Sergipe and Beijing cover 37,900 km², close to the size of Netherlands (37,100 km², 2.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 5,350 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
• At Beijing's density, Sergipe would have 29.1 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Sergipe's density, Beijing would have 1.7 million (it has 21.9 million).
• Beijing's centre is 50.8° of latitude, about 5,640 km, farther north than Sergipe's.
• Sergipe is the 26th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Beijing is the 29th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Beijing lies about 51° of latitude (roughly 5,640 km) north of Sergipe, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sergipe would have about 9,780 m² and each person in Beijing about 740 m².
• Laid side by side, Sergipe and Beijing would cover 37,900 km², about the same size as the Netherlands.
• Together they have 24.1 million people, about as many people as Syria.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 21,600 km² is 2.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 22,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,300 km², to within 2%.

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