Shanghai is 1.13× the size of Phayao

What fits

• Phayao is 89% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 752 km² (290 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Phayao.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Phayao about 0.20.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 467,000, 53.2× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 78 in Phayao: Shanghai is 47.3× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,510 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Phayao at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.37× the size of Phayao instead of 1.13×.
• Together Shanghai and Phayao cover 12,700 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 1.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 752 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
• At Phayao's density, Shanghai would have 526,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Phayao would have 22.1 million (it has 467,000).
• Shanghai's centre is 12.0° of latitude, about 1,330 km, farther north than Phayao'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.
• Phayao is the 35th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 65th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,330 km) north of Phayao.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Phayao about 12,830 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Phayao would cover 12,700 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
• Together they have 25.3 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 5,990 km² is 5.4% below 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.

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