Shanghai is 1.50× the size of Yamanashi
Shanghai (municipality of China) covers about 6,750 km² (2,600 mi²) and Yamanashi (prefecture of Japan) about 4,510 km² (1,740 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,750km²Shanghai
- 4,510km²Yamanashi
20 km
- Shanghai
- Yamanashi
What fits
- Yamanashi is 67% of the size of Shanghai.
- Shanghai is larger by 2,240 km² (863 mi²), which is 50% of the area of Yamanashi.
- Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Yamanashi about 0.15.
How they differ
- Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 804,000, 30.9× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 178 in Yamanashi: Shanghai is 20.7× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,660 km apart.
- Together Shanghai and Yamanashi cover 11,300 km², close to the size of Qatar (11,200 km², 0.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,240 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Yamanashi's density, Shanghai would have 1.2 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Yamanashi would have 16.6 million (it has 804,000).
- Yamanashi's centre is 4.4° of latitude, about 490 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.
- Yamanashi is the 31st largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 33rd most densely populated of them.
- Yamanashi lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 491 km) north of Shanghai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Yamanashi about 5,610 m².
- Laid side by side, Shanghai and Yamanashi would cover 11,300 km², about the same size as Qatar.
- Together they have 25.7 million people, about as many people as North Korea.
Side by side
| Shanghai | Yamanashi | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | MunicipalityChina | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 6,750 km²2,600 mi² | 4,510 km²1,740 mi² |
| Official area | 6,340 km²Wikidata | 4,470 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 31st of 31in China | 31st of 47in Japan |
| Population | 24.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 804,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 23rd of 31in China | 42nd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 3,687 per km² | 178 per km² |
| Capital | – | Kofu |
| Latitude range | 31°N to 32°N | 35°N to 36°N |
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 4,470 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,510 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12