Shanghai is 1.22× the size of Chachoengsao

What fits

• Chachoengsao is 82% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 1,200 km² (462 mi²), which is 22% of the area of Chachoengsao.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Chachoengsao about 0.18.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 721,000, 34.5× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 130 in Chachoengsao: Shanghai is 28.4× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,830 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Chachoengsao at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.57× the size of Chachoengsao instead of 1.22×.
• Together Shanghai and Chachoengsao 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 Chachoengsao's density, Shanghai would have 876,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Chachoengsao would have 20.5 million (it has 721,000).
• Shanghai's centre is 17.6° of latitude, about 1,960 km, farther north than Chachoengsao'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.
• Chachoengsao is the 40th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 1,960 km) north of Chachoengsao.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Chachoengsao about 7,700 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Chachoengsao would cover 12,300 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 25.6 million people, 97% 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 5,550 km² is 3.7% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,350 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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