Shanghai is 1.74× the size of Tlaxcala

What fits

• Tlaxcala is 57% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 2,870 km² (1,110 mi²), which is 74% of the area of Tlaxcala.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Tlaxcala about 0.13.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.3 million, 19.5× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 329 in Tlaxcala: Shanghai is 11.2× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,000 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Tlaxcala at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shanghai as 2.12× the size of Tlaxcala instead of 1.74×.
• Together Shanghai and Tlaxcala cover 10,600 km², close to the size of Gambia (10,500 km², 1.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,870 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
• At Tlaxcala's density, Shanghai would have 2.2 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Tlaxcala would have 14.3 million (it has 1.3 million).
• Shanghai's centre is 11.8° of latitude, about 1,310 km, farther north than Tlaxcala'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.
• Tlaxcala is the 31st largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,310 km) north of Tlaxcala.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Tlaxcala about 3,040 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Tlaxcala would cover 10,600 km², about the same size as the Gambia.
• Together they have 26.1 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. 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 3,870 km² is 3.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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