Shimane is 1.02× the size of Shanghai

What fits

• Shanghai is 98% of the size of Shimane.
• Shimane is larger by 131 km² (50.7 mi²), which is 1.9% of the area of Shanghai.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shimane is about 0.22, Shanghai about 0.22.

How they differ

• Shimane is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 665,000, 37.4× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 97 in Shimane: Shanghai is 38.2× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,120 km apart.
• Together Shimane and Shanghai cover 13,600 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 0.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 131 km², is about the size of Liechtenstein (137 km²).
• At Shanghai's density, Shimane would have 25.4 million people (it has 665,000). At Shimane's density, Shanghai would have 652,000 (it has 24.9 million).
• Shimane's centre is 3.9° of latitude, about 430 km, farther north than Shanghai's.
• Shimane is the 19th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 44th most densely populated of them.
• 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.
• Shimane lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 432 km) north of Shanghai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shimane would have about 10,350 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
• Laid side by side, Shimane and Shanghai would cover 13,600 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 25.5 million people, 97% as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 6,880 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,710 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• 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.

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