Songkhla is 1.11× the size of Shanghai
Songkhla (province of Thailand) covers about 7,460 km² (2,880 mi²) and Shanghai (municipality of China) about 6,750 km² (2,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 7,460km²Songkhla
- 6,750km²Shanghai
20 km
- Songkhla
- Shanghai
What fits
- Shanghai is 90% of the size of Songkhla.
- Songkhla is larger by 716 km² (276 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Shanghai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Songkhla is about 0.24, Shanghai about 0.22.
How they differ
- Songkhla is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.4 million, 17.4× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 191 in Songkhla: Shanghai is 19.3× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,470 km apart.
- On a standard web map Shanghai looks larger than Songkhla: Songkhla at 7°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Shanghai at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.22× the size of Songkhla, when Songkhla is 1.11× the size of Shanghai.
- Together Songkhla and Shanghai cover 14,200 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 3.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 716 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
- At Shanghai's density, Songkhla would have 27.5 million people (it has 1.4 million). At Songkhla's density, Shanghai would have 1.3 million (it has 24.9 million).
- Shanghai's centre is 24.3° of latitude, about 2,700 km, farther north than Songkhla's.
- Songkhla is the 26th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 16th 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.
- Shanghai lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,700 km) north of Songkhla.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Songkhla would have about 5,220 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
- Laid side by side, Songkhla and Shanghai would cover 14,200 km², 1.03× the size of Montenegro.
- Together they have 26.3 million people, about as many people as North Korea.
Side by side
| Songkhla | Shanghai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceThailand | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 7,460 km²2,880 mi² | 6,750 km²2,600 mi² |
| Official area | 7,390 km²Wikidata | 6,340 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 26th of 77in Thailand | 31st of 31in China |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2020 | 24.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 11th of 77in Thailand | 23rd of 31in China |
| Density | 191 per km² | 3,687 per km² |
| Capital | Songkhla | – |
| Latitude range | 6°N to 8°N | 31°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 7,390 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,460 km², to within 2%.
- 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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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