Shanghai is 1.59× the size of Nong Bua Lamphu

What fits

• Nong Bua Lamphu is 63% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 2,500 km² (966 mi²), which is 59% of the area of Nong Bua Lamphu.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Nong Bua Lamphu about 0.14.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 509,000, 48.8× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 120 in Nong Bua Lamphu: Shanghai is 30.7× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,480 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Nong Bua Lamphu at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.98× the size of Nong Bua Lamphu instead of 1.59×.
• Together Shanghai and Nong Bua Lamphu cover 11,000 km², close to the size of Jamaica (11,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,500 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Nong Bua Lamphu's density, Shanghai would have 810,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Nong Bua Lamphu would have 15.6 million (it has 509,000).
• Shanghai's centre is 14.0° of latitude, about 1,560 km, farther north than Nong Bua Lamphu'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.
• Nong Bua Lamphu is the 49th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,560 km) north of Nong Bua Lamphu.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Nong Bua Lamphu about 8,330 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Nong Bua Lamphu would cover 11,000 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
• Together they have 25.4 million people, 96% 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 4,240 km² is 10.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,860 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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