Shanghai is 1.03× the size of Oita

What fits

• Oita is 97% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 196 km² (75.5 mi²), which is 3.0% of the area of Oita.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Oita about 0.21.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.1 million, 22.2× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 171 in Oita: Shanghai is 21.5× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 965 km apart.
• On a standard web map Oita looks larger than Shanghai: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Oita at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Oita as 1.01× the size of Shanghai, when Shanghai is 1.03× the size of Oita.
• Together Shanghai and Oita cover 13,300 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 3.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 196 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
• At Oita's density, Shanghai would have 1.2 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Oita would have 24.1 million (it has 1.1 million).
• Oita's centre is 2.0° of latitude, about 220 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.
• Oita is the 20th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 35th most densely populated of them.
• Oita lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 223 km) north of Shanghai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Oita about 5,840 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Oita would cover 13,300 km², 97% of the size of Montenegro.
• Together they have 26.0 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 6,550 km² is 3.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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