Shanghai is 1.72× the size of Amnat Charoen

What fits

• Amnat Charoen is 58% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 2,810 km² (1,090 mi²), which is 72% of the area of Amnat Charoen.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Amnat Charoen about 0.13.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 376,000, 66.1× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 96 in Amnat Charoen: Shanghai is 38.5× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,400 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Amnat Charoen at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shanghai as 2.17× the size of Amnat Charoen instead of 1.72×.
• Together Shanghai and Amnat Charoen cover 10,700 km², close to the size of Gambia (10,500 km², 1.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,810 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
• At Amnat Charoen's density, Shanghai would have 645,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Amnat Charoen would have 14.5 million (it has 376,000).
• Shanghai's centre is 15.3° of latitude, about 1,700 km, farther north than Amnat Charoen'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.
• Amnat Charoen is the 56th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 51st most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,700 km) north of Amnat Charoen.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Amnat Charoen about 10,450 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Amnat Charoen would cover 10,700 km², about the same size as the Gambia.
• Together they have 25.2 million people, 96% as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020. 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.
• Our measured 3,930 km² is 24% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,160 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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