Shanghai is 1.24× the size of Ratchaburi

What fits

• Ratchaburi is 80% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 1,330 km² (512 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Ratchaburi.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Ratchaburi about 0.18.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 869,000, 28.6× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 160 in Ratchaburi: Shanghai is 23.0× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,970 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Ratchaburi at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.61× the size of Ratchaburi instead of 1.24×.
• Together Shanghai and Ratchaburi cover 12,200 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 1.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,330 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Ratchaburi's density, Shanghai would have 1.1 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Ratchaburi would have 20.0 million (it has 869,000).
• Shanghai's centre is 17.7° of latitude, about 1,960 km, farther north than Ratchaburi'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.
• Ratchaburi is the 41st largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 1,960 km) north of Ratchaburi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Ratchaburi about 6,240 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Ratchaburi would cover 12,200 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 25.7 million people, about 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 5,420 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,200 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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