Shanghai is 1.32× the size of Balearic Islands

What fits

• Balearic Islands is 76% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 1,630 km² (629 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Balearic Islands.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Balearic Islands about 0.17.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.2 million, 21.1× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 230 in Balearic Islands: Shanghai is 16.0× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,910 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Balearic Islands at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.07× the size of Balearic Islands instead of 1.32×.
• Together Shanghai and Balearic Islands cover 11,900 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 2.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,630 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Balearic Islands's density, Shanghai would have 1.6 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Balearic Islands would have 18.9 million (it has 1.2 million).
• Balearic Islands's centre is 8.4° of latitude, about 930 km, farther north than Shanghai'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.
• Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Balearic Islands lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 932 km) north of Shanghai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Balearic Islands about 4,350 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Balearic Islands would cover 11,900 km², 96% of the size of Vanuatu.
• Together they have 26.0 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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