Shanghai is 1.33× the size of Morelos

What fits

• Morelos is 75% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 1,670 km² (643 mi²), which is 33% of the area of Morelos.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Morelos about 0.17.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 2.0 million, 12.6× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 388 in Morelos: Shanghai is 9.50× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,000 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Morelos at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.63× the size of Morelos instead of 1.33×.
• Together Shanghai and Morelos cover 11,800 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 1.9% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,670 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Morelos's density, Shanghai would have 2.6 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Morelos would have 18.7 million (it has 2.0 million).
• Shanghai's centre is 12.4° of latitude, about 1,380 km, farther north than Morelos'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.
• Morelos is the 30th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,380 km) north of Morelos.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Morelos about 2,580 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Morelos would cover 11,800 km², 96% of the size of Vanuatu.
• Together they have 26.8 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 5,080 km² is 4.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,880 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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