Shanghai is 1.02× the size of Phrae

What fits

• Phrae is 98% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 151 km² (58.1 mi²), which is 2.3% of the area of Phrae.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Phrae about 0.22.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 437,000, 56.9× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 66 in Phrae: Shanghai is 55.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,590 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Phrae at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.26× the size of Phrae instead of 1.02×.
• Together Shanghai and Phrae cover 13,300 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 2.9% bigger).
• The gap between them, 151 km², is about the size of Marshall Islands (165 km²).
• At Phrae's density, Shanghai would have 447,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Phrae would have 24.3 million (it has 437,000).
• Shanghai's centre is 13.0° of latitude, about 1,440 km, farther north than Phrae'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.
• Phrae is the 31st largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 67th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,440 km) north of Phrae.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Phrae about 15,080 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Phrae would cover 13,300 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• 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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 6,540 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,600 km², to within 2%.

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