Shanghai is 1.56× the size of Chonburi

What fits

• Chonburi is 64% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 2,410 km² (932 mi²), which is 56% of the area of Chonburi.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Chonburi about 0.14.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.6 million, 15.9× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 362 in Chonburi: Shanghai is 10.2× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,880 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Chonburi at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shanghai as 2.02× the size of Chonburi instead of 1.56×.
• Together Shanghai and Chonburi cover 11,100 km², close to the size of Jamaica (11,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,410 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Chonburi's density, Shanghai would have 2.4 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Chonburi would have 16.0 million (it has 1.6 million).
• Shanghai's centre is 18.0° of latitude, about 2,000 km, farther north than Chonburi'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.
• Chonburi is the 48th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,000 km) north of Chonburi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Chonburi about 2,770 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Chonburi would cover 11,100 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
• Together they have 26.4 million people, about 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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 4,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,330 km², to within 2%.

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