Shanghai is 1.26× the size of Cantabria

What fits

• Cantabria is 79% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 1,400 km² (540 mi²), which is 26% of the area of Cantabria.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Cantabria about 0.17.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 592,000, 42.0× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 111 in Cantabria: Shanghai is 33.3× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,100 km apart.
• On a standard web map Cantabria looks larger than Shanghai: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Cantabria at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Cantabria as 1.09× the size of Shanghai, when Shanghai is 1.26× the size of Cantabria.
• Together Shanghai and Cantabria cover 12,100 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 1.7% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,400 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Cantabria's density, Shanghai would have 746,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Cantabria would have 19.7 million (it has 592,000).
• Cantabria's centre is 12.0° of latitude, about 1,340 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.
• Cantabria is the 15th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Cantabria lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,340 km) north of Shanghai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Cantabria about 9,040 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Cantabria would cover 12,100 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 25.5 million people, 96% as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. 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 5,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,350 km², to within 2%.

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