Shanghai is 1.17× the size of Chumphon

What fits

• Chumphon is 85% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 990 km² (382 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Chumphon.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Chumphon about 0.19.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 509,000, 48.8× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 88 in Chumphon: Shanghai is 41.7× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,270 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Chumphon at 10°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.55× the size of Chumphon instead of 1.17×.
• Together Shanghai and Chumphon cover 12,500 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 0.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 990 km², is about the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km²).
• At Chumphon's density, Shanghai would have 597,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Chumphon would have 21.2 million (it has 509,000).
• Shanghai's centre is 20.8° of latitude, about 2,320 km, farther north than Chumphon'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.
• Chumphon is the 37th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 53rd most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,320 km) north of Chumphon.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Chumphon about 11,300 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Chumphon would cover 12,500 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 5,760 km² is 4.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,010 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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