Shanghai is 1.30× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 77% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 1,570 km² (608 mi²), which is 30% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 990,000, 25.1× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 191 in Delaware: Shanghai is 19.3× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,000 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Delaware at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.08× the size of Delaware instead of 1.30×.
• Together Shanghai and Delaware cover 11,900 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 2.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,570 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Shanghai would have 1.3 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Delaware would have 19.1 million (it has 990,000).
• Delaware's centre is 7.8° of latitude, about 870 km, farther north than Shanghai'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.
• Delaware is the 49th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 868 km) north of Shanghai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Delaware would cover 11,900 km², 97% of the size of Vanuatu.
• Together they have 25.9 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.
• Our measured 5,170 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,450 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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