Shanghai is 1.65× the size of Yasothon

What fits

• Yasothon is 61% of the size of Shanghai.
• Shanghai is larger by 2,660 km² (1,030 mi²), which is 65% of the area of Yasothon.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Yasothon about 0.13.

How they differ

• Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 535,000, 46.5× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 131 in Yasothon: Shanghai is 28.2× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,430 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Yasothon at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shanghai as 2.09× the size of Yasothon instead of 1.65×.
• Together Shanghai and Yasothon cover 10,800 km², close to the size of Kosovo (10,900 km², 0.7% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,660 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Yasothon's density, Shanghai would have 882,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Yasothon would have 15.1 million (it has 535,000).
• Shanghai's centre is 15.3° of latitude, about 1,700 km, farther north than Yasothon'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.
• Yasothon is the 52nd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
• Shanghai lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,700 km) north of Yasothon.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Yasothon about 7,650 m².
• Laid side by side, Shanghai and Yasothon would cover 10,800 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
• 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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 4,160 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,090 km², to within 2%.

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