Sinaloa is 1.11× the size of Ningxia
Sinaloa (state of Mexico) covers about 57,700 km² (22,300 mi²) and Ningxia (autonomous region of China) about 52,100 km² (20,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 57,700km²Sinaloa
- 52,100km²Ningxia
100 km
- Sinaloa
- Ningxia
What fits
- Ningxia is 90% of the size of Sinaloa.
- Sinaloa is larger by 5,580 km² (2,150 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Ningxia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sinaloa is about 1.88, Ningxia about 1.70.
How they differ
- Sinaloa is larger, but Ningxia has the larger population: 7.2 million against 3.0 million, 2.43× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 138 in Ningxia against 51 in Sinaloa: Ningxia is 2.69× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,200 km apart.
- On a standard web map Ningxia looks larger than Sinaloa: Sinaloa at 25°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Ningxia at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Ningxia as 1.17× the size of Sinaloa, when Sinaloa is 1.11× the size of Ningxia.
- Together Sinaloa and Ningxia cover 110,000 km², close to the size of Cuba (110,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 5,580 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
- At Ningxia's density, Sinaloa would have 8.0 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Sinaloa's density, Ningxia would have 2.7 million (it has 7.2 million).
- Ningxia's centre is 12.2° of latitude, about 1,360 km, farther north than Sinaloa's.
- Sinaloa is the 17th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
- Ningxia is the 27th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Ningxia lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,360 km) north of Sinaloa.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sinaloa would have about 19,450 m² and each person in Ningxia about 7,240 m².
- Laid side by side, Sinaloa and Ningxia would cover 110,000 km², about the same size as Cuba.
- Together they have 10.2 million people, about as many people as Azerbaijan.
Side by side
| Sinaloa | Ningxia | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | Autonomous RegionChina |
| Area, measured | 57,700 km²22,300 mi² | 52,100 km²20,100 mi² |
| Official area | 57,400 km²Wikidata | 52,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 17th of 32in Mexico | 27th of 31in China |
| Population | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2015 | 7.2 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 15th of 32in Mexico | 29th of 31in China |
| Density | 51 per km² | 138 per km² |
| Capital | Culiacán | Yinchuan |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 27°N | 35°N to 39°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 57,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 57,700 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 52,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,100 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