Shanghai is 1.16× the size of Chanthaburi

What fits

• Chanthaburi is 86% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 914 km² (353 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Chanthaburi.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Chanthaburi about 0.19.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 536,000, 46.4× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 92 in Chanthaburi: Shanghai is 40.1× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,840 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Chanthaburi at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.50× the size of Chanthaburi instead of 1.16×.
• Together Shanghai and Chanthaburi cover 12,600 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 0.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 914 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
• At Chanthaburi's density, Shanghai would have 620,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Chanthaburi would have 21.5 million (it has 536,000).
• Shanghai's centre is 18.3° of latitude, about 2,040 km, farther north than Chanthaburi'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.
• Chanthaburi is the 36th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 52nd most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,040 km) north of Chanthaburi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Chanthaburi about 10,890 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Chanthaburi would cover 12,600 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
• Together they have 25.4 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 5,830 km² is 8.0% below 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.

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