Shanghai is 1.06× the size of Ibaraki

What fits

• Ibaraki is 94% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 410 km² (158 mi²), which is 6.5% of the area of Ibaraki.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Ibaraki about 0.21.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 2.9 million, 8.69× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 452 in Ibaraki: Shanghai is 8.16× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,830 km apart.
• On a standard web map Ibaraki looks larger than Shanghai: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Ibaraki at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Ibaraki as 1.06× the size of Shanghai, when Shanghai is 1.06× the size of Ibaraki.
• Together Shanghai and Ibaraki cover 13,100 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 3.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 410 km², is about the size of Seychelles (436 km²).
• At Ibaraki's density, Shanghai would have 3.0 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Ibaraki would have 23.4 million (it has 2.9 million).
• Ibaraki's centre is 5.1° of latitude, about 570 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.
• Ibaraki is the 23rd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
• Ibaraki lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 568 km) north of Shanghai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Ibaraki about 2,210 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Ibaraki would cover 13,100 km², 1.04× the size of the Bahamas.
• Together they have 27.7 million people, about as many people as Australia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. 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 6,340 km² is 3.9% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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