Sonora is 1.07× the size of Jiangxi

Sonora (state of Mexico) covers about 179,000 km² (69,200 mi²) and Jiangxi (province of China) about 168,000 km² (64,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

179,000km²Sonora
168,000km²Jiangxi

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Sonora
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What fits

Jiangxi is 94% of the size of Sonora.
Sonora is larger by 11,400 km² (4,390 mi²), which is 6.8% of the area of Jiangxi.
Measured in Belgiums: Sonora is about 5.84, Jiangxi about 5.47.

How they differ

Sonora is larger, but Jiangxi has the larger population: 45.2 million against 2.9 million, 15.9× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 269 in Jiangxi against 16 in Sonora: Jiangxi is 16.9× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 12,000 km apart.
Together Sonora and Jiangxi cover 347,000 km², close to the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 11,400 km², is about the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km²).
At Jiangxi's density, Sonora would have 48.3 million people (it has 2.9 million). At Sonora's density, Jiangxi would have 2.7 million (it has 45.2 million).
Sonora's centre is 2.1° of latitude, about 230 km, farther north than Jiangxi's.
Sonora is the 2nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 9.2% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
Jiangxi is the 17th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
Sonora lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 231 km) north of Jiangxi.
Shared out evenly, each person in Sonora would have about 62,860 m² and each person in Jiangxi about 3,710 m².
Laid side by side, Sonora and Jiangxi would cover 347,000 km², about the same size as the Republic of the Congo.
Together they have 48.0 million people, about as many people as Kenya.

Side by side

	Sonora	Jiangxi
Is a	StateMexico	ProvinceChina
Area, measured	179,000 km²69,200 mi²	168,000 km²64,800 mi²
Official area	180,000 km²Wikidata	167,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	2nd of 32in Mexico	17th of 31in China
Population	2.9 millionWikidata, 2015	45.2 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	18th of 32in Mexico	13th of 31in China
Density	16 per km²	269 per km²
Capital	Hermosillo	Nanchang
Latitude range	26°N to 32°N	25°N to 30°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 180,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 179,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 167,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 168,000 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

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