Shanghai is 1.66× the size of Phang Nga

What fits

• Phang Nga is 60% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 2,690 km² (1,040 mi²), which is 66% of the area of Phang Nga.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Phang Nga about 0.13.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 268,000, 92.7× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 66 in Phang Nga: Shanghai is 55.7× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,460 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Phang Nga at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Shanghai as 2.22× the size of Phang Nga instead of 1.66×.
• Together Shanghai and Phang Nga cover 10,800 km², close to the size of Kosovo (10,900 km², 1.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,690 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Phang Nga's density, Shanghai would have 446,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Phang Nga would have 15.0 million (it has 268,000).
• Shanghai's centre is 22.5° of latitude, about 2,500 km, farther north than Phang Nga'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.
• Phang Nga is the 54th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 68th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,500 km) north of Phang Nga.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Phang Nga about 15,120 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Phang Nga would cover 10,800 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
• Together they have 25.1 million people, 95% 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 4,060 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,170 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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