Shanghai is 1.43× the size of Yala

What fits

• Yala is 70% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 2,040 km² (789 mi²), which is 43% of the area of Yala.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Yala about 0.15.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 539,000, 46.2× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 115 in Yala: Shanghai is 32.2× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,490 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Yala at 6°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.94× the size of Yala instead of 1.43×.
• Together Shanghai and Yala cover 11,400 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 1.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,040 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Yala's density, Shanghai would have 773,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Yala would have 17.3 million (it has 539,000).
• Shanghai's centre is 25.0° of latitude, about 2,780 km, farther north than Yala'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.
• Yala is the 43rd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 45th most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,780 km) north of Yala.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Yala about 8,730 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Yala would cover 11,400 km², about the same size as Qatar.
• Together they have 25.4 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.
• Our measured 4,700 km² is 4.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,520 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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