Shaanxi is 1.04× the size of Paraná

What fits

• Paraná is 97% of the size of Shaanxi.
• Shaanxi is larger by 7,070 km² (2,730 mi²), which is 3.6% of the area of Paraná.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shaanxi is about 6.71, Paraná about 6.48.

How they differ

• Shaanxi also has the larger population: 39.5 million against 11.4 million, 3.45× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 192 in Shaanxi against 58 in Paraná: Shaanxi is 3.34× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 17,800 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shaanxi at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Paraná at 25°S about 1.2×, so the map shows Shaanxi as 1.28× the size of Paraná instead of 1.04×.
• Together Shaanxi and Paraná cover 404,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 7,070 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Paraná's density, Shaanxi would have 11.9 million people (it has 39.5 million). At Shaanxi's density, Paraná would have 38.2 million (it has 11.4 million).
• Shaanxi's centre is 59.8° of latitude, about 6,650 km, farther north than Paraná's.
• Shaanxi is the 11th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
• Paraná is the 15th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Shaanxi lies about 60° of latitude (roughly 6,650 km) north of Paraná, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shaanxi would have about 5,200 m² and each person in Paraná about 17,360 m².
• Laid side by side, Shaanxi and Paraná would cover 404,000 km², about the same size as Paraguay.
• Together they have 51.0 million people, about as many people as South Korea.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 206,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 206,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 199,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 199,000 km², to within 2%.

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