South Africa is 8.70× the size of Anhui

What fits

• Anhui fits inside South Africa about 8.70 times by area.
• South Africa is larger by 1,079,000 km² (417,000 mi²), which is 770% of the area of Anhui.
• Measured in Belgiums: South Africa is about 39.8, Anhui about 4.57.

How they differ

• South Africa also has the larger population: 62.0 million against 61.0 million, 1.02× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 435 in Anhui against 51 in South Africa: Anhui is 8.56× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,800 km apart.
• Together South Africa and Anhui cover 1,360,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 5.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,079,000 km², is about the size of Bolivia (1,087,000 km²).
• At Anhui's density, South Africa would have 531.0 million people (it has 62.0 million). At South Africa's density, Anhui would have 7.1 million (it has 61.0 million).
• Anhui's centre is 60.8° of latitude, about 6,760 km, farther north than South Africa's.
• South Africa ranks 25th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Anhui is the 22nd largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Anhui lies about 61° of latitude (roughly 6,760 km) north of South Africa, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in South Africa would have about 19,670 m² and each person in Anhui about 2,300 m².
• Laid side by side, South Africa and Anhui would cover 1,360,000 km², 1.05× the size of Peru.
• Together they have 123.1 million people, about as many people as Japan.
• Counted as a country, Anhui would rank 96th by area and 24th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 1,221,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,220,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 139,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 140,000 km², to within 2%.

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