Shanghai is 1.18× the size of Maha Sarakham

What fits

• Maha Sarakham is 85% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 1,010 km² (390 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Maha Sarakham.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Maha Sarakham about 0.19.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 954,000, 26.1× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 166 in Maha Sarakham: Shanghai is 22.2× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,510 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Maha Sarakham at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.48× the size of Maha Sarakham instead of 1.18×.
• Together Shanghai and Maha Sarakham cover 12,500 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 1.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,010 km², is about the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km²).
• At Maha Sarakham's density, Shanghai would have 1.1 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Maha Sarakham would have 21.1 million (it has 954,000).
• Shanghai's centre is 15.2° of latitude, about 1,690 km, farther north than Maha Sarakham'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.
• Maha Sarakham is the 38th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,690 km) north of Maha Sarakham.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Maha Sarakham about 6,020 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Maha Sarakham would cover 12,500 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
• Together they have 25.8 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 5,740 km² is 8.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,290 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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