Shanghai is 1.27× the size of La Rioja

What fits

• La Rioja is 79% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 1,410 km² (546 mi²), which is 27% of the area of La Rioja.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, La Rioja about 0.17.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 324,000, 76.7× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 61 in La Rioja: Shanghai is 60.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,000 km apart.
• On a standard web map La Rioja looks larger than Shanghai: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and La Rioja at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows La Rioja as 1.06× the size of Shanghai, when Shanghai is 1.27× the size of La Rioja.
• Together Shanghai and La Rioja cover 12,100 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 1.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,410 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At La Rioja's density, Shanghai would have 410,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, La Rioja would have 19.7 million (it has 324,000).
• La Rioja's centre is 11.1° of latitude, about 1,230 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.
• La Rioja is the 16th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
• La Rioja lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,230 km) north of Shanghai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in La Rioja about 16,440 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and La Rioja would cover 12,100 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 25.2 million people, 95% as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. 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 5,330 km² is 5.7% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,050 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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