Shanghai is 1.18× the size of Nakhon Phanom
Shanghai (municipality of China) covers about 6,750 km² (2,600 mi²) and Nakhon Phanom (province of Thailand) about 5,720 km² (2,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,750km²Shanghai
- 5,720km²Nakhon Phanom
20 km
- Shanghai
- Nakhon Phanom
What fits
- Nakhon Phanom is 85% of the size of Shanghai.
- Shanghai is larger by 1,020 km² (395 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Nakhon Phanom.
- Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Nakhon Phanom about 0.19.
How they differ
- Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 717,000, 34.7× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 125 in Nakhon Phanom: Shanghai is 29.4× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,300 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Nakhon Phanom at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.47× the size of Nakhon Phanom instead of 1.18×.
- Together Shanghai and Nakhon Phanom cover 12,500 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 1.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,020 km², is about the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km²).
- At Nakhon Phanom's density, Shanghai would have 846,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Nakhon Phanom would have 21.1 million (it has 717,000).
- Shanghai's centre is 13.8° of latitude, about 1,540 km, farther north than Nakhon Phanom'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.
- Nakhon Phanom is the 39th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 39th most densely populated of them.
- Shanghai lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,540 km) north of Nakhon Phanom.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Nakhon Phanom about 7,980 m².
- Laid side by side, Shanghai and Nakhon Phanom would cover 12,500 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
- Together they have 25.6 million people, 97% as many people as North Korea.
Side by side
| Shanghai | Nakhon Phanom | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | MunicipalityChina | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 6,750 km²2,600 mi² | 5,720 km²2,210 mi² |
| Official area | 6,340 km²Wikidata | 5,510 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 31st of 31in China | 39th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 24.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 717,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 23rd of 31in China | 37th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 3,687 per km² | 125 per km² |
| Capital | – | Nakhon Phanom |
| Latitude range | 31°N to 32°N | 17°N to 18°N |
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 5,720 km² is 3.8% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,510 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12
