Shanghai is 1.59× the size of Tokushima

What fits

• Tokushima is 63% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 2,500 km² (964 mi²), which is 59% of the area of Tokushima.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Tokushima about 0.14.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 722,000, 34.5× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 170 in Tokushima: Shanghai is 21.7× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,240 km apart.
• Together Shanghai and Tokushima cover 11,000 km², close to the size of Jamaica (11,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,500 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Tokushima's density, Shanghai would have 1.1 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Tokushima would have 15.7 million (it has 722,000).
• Tokushima's centre is 2.7° of latitude, about 300 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.
• Tokushima is the 34th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 36th most densely populated of them.
• Tokushima lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 303 km) north of Shanghai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Tokushima about 5,890 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Tokushima would cover 11,000 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
• Together they have 25.6 million people, 97% 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 4,250 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,150 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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