Shandong is 1.64× the size of Castile and León
Shandong (province of China) covers about 156,000 km² (60,200 mi²) and Castile and León (autonomous community of Spain) about 94,800 km² (36,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 156,000km²Shandong
- 94,800km²Castile and León
200 km
- Shandong
- Castile and León
What fits
- Castile and León is 61% of the size of Shandong.
- Shandong is larger by 61,100 km² (23,600 mi²), which is 64% of the area of Castile and León.
- Measured in Belgiums: Shandong is about 5.08, Castile and León about 3.09.
How they differ
- Shandong also has the larger population: 101.5 million against 2.4 million, 42.5× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 651 in Shandong against 25 in Castile and León: Shandong is 25.8× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,570 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shandong at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Castile and León at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Shandong as 1.41× the size of Castile and León instead of 1.64×.
- Together Shandong and Castile and León cover 251,000 km², close to the size of Ecuador (255,000 km², 1.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 61,100 km², is about the size of Latvia (64,600 km²).
- At Castile and León's density, Shandong would have 3.9 million people (it has 101.5 million). At Shandong's density, Castile and León would have 61.7 million (it has 2.4 million).
- Castile and León's centre is 5.4° of latitude, about 600 km, farther north than Shandong's.
- Shandong is the 20th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Castile and León is the largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 19% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Castile and León lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 600 km) north of Shandong.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Shandong would have about 1,540 m² and each person in Castile and León about 39,690 m².
- Laid side by side, Shandong and Castile and León would cover 251,000 km², about the same size as Ecuador.
- Together they have 103.9 million people, about as many people as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Side by side
| Shandong | Castile and León | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceChina | Autonomous communitySpain |
| Area, measured | 156,000 km²60,200 mi² | 94,800 km²36,600 mi² |
| Official area | 157,000 km²Wikidata | 94,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 31in China | 1st of 19in Spain |
| Population | 101.5 millionWikidata, 2020 | 2.4 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 31in China | 6th of 19in Spain |
| Density | 651 per km² | 25 per km² |
| Capital | Jinan | – |
| Latitude range | 34°N to 38°N | 40°N to 43°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 157,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 156,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,800 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Castile and León is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12