Shanghai is 1.15× the size of Colima

What fits

• Colima is 87% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 868 km² (335 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Colima.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Colima about 0.19.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 731,000, 34.0× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 124 in Colima: Shanghai is 29.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Colima at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.40× the size of Colima instead of 1.15×.
• Together Shanghai and Colima cover 12,600 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 868 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
• At Colima's density, Shanghai would have 839,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Colima would have 21.7 million (it has 731,000).
• Shanghai's centre is 12.1° of latitude, about 1,340 km, farther north than Colima'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.
• Colima is the 28th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,340 km) north of Colima.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Colima about 8,040 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Colima would cover 12,600 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
• 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 5,880 km² is 4.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,630 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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