Shanghai is 1.22× the size of Aguascalientes

What fits

• Aguascalientes is 82% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 1,200 km² (463 mi²), which is 22% of the area of Aguascalientes.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Aguascalientes about 0.18.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.3 million, 18.9× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 237 in Aguascalientes: Shanghai is 15.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,500 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Aguascalientes at 22°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.43× the size of Aguascalientes instead of 1.22×.
• Together Shanghai and Aguascalientes cover 12,300 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 0.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,200 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Aguascalientes's density, Shanghai would have 1.6 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Aguascalientes would have 20.5 million (it has 1.3 million).
• Shanghai's centre is 9.2° of latitude, about 1,020 km, farther north than Aguascalientes's.
• 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.
• Aguascalientes is the 29th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,020 km) north of Aguascalientes.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Aguascalientes about 4,230 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Aguascalientes would cover 12,300 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 26.2 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• 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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 5,620 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,550 km², to within 2%.

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