Shanghai is 1.04× the size of Tochigi

What fits

• Tochigi is 96% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 264 km² (102 mi²), which is 4.1% of the area of Tochigi.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Tochigi about 0.21.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.9 million, 12.9× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 297 in Tochigi: Shanghai is 12.4× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,800 km apart.
• On a standard web map Tochigi looks larger than Shanghai: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Tochigi at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Tochigi as 1.09× the size of Shanghai, when Shanghai is 1.04× the size of Tochigi.
• Together Shanghai and Tochigi cover 13,200 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 3.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 264 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
• At Tochigi's density, Shanghai would have 2.0 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Tochigi would have 23.9 million (it has 1.9 million).
• Tochigi's centre is 5.5° of latitude, about 610 km, farther north than Shanghai'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.
• Tochigi is the 21st largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
• Tochigi lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 611 km) north of Shanghai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Tochigi about 3,360 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Tochigi would cover 13,200 km², 96% of the size of Montenegro.
• Together they have 26.8 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. 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 6,410 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,480 km², to within 2%.

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