Shanghai is 1.69× the size of Nagasaki

What fits

• Nagasaki is 59% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 2,760 km² (1,060 mi²), which is 69% of the area of Nagasaki.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Nagasaki about 0.13.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.3 million, 19.0× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 328 in Nagasaki: Shanghai is 11.3× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 800 km apart.
• Together Shanghai and Nagasaki cover 10,700 km², close to the size of Kosovo (10,900 km², 1.6% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,760 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
• At Nagasaki's density, Shanghai would have 2.2 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Nagasaki would have 14.7 million (it has 1.3 million).
• Nagasaki's centre is 2.0° of latitude, about 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.
• Nagasaki is the 38th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
• Nagasaki lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 228 km) north of Shanghai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Nagasaki about 3,050 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Nagasaki would cover 10,700 km², about the same size as the Gambia.
• Together they have 26.2 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

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 3,990 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,110 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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