Sukhothai is 1.05× the size of Shanghai

What fits

• Shanghai is 95% of the size of Sukhothai.
• Sukhothai is larger by 321 km² (124 mi²), which is 4.8% of the area of Shanghai.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sukhothai is about 0.23, Shanghai about 0.22.

How they differ

• Sukhothai is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 588,000, 42.3× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 83 in Sukhothai: Shanghai is 44.3× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,690 km apart.
• On a standard web map Shanghai looks larger than Sukhothai: Sukhothai at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Shanghai at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.19× the size of Sukhothai, when Sukhothai is 1.05× the size of Shanghai.
• Together Sukhothai and Shanghai cover 13,800 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 0.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 321 km², is about the size of Malta (326 km²).
• At Shanghai's density, Sukhothai would have 26.1 million people (it has 588,000). At Sukhothai's density, Shanghai would have 561,000 (it has 24.9 million).
• Shanghai's centre is 13.9° of latitude, about 1,550 km, farther north than Sukhothai's.
• Sukhothai is the 28th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 57th 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 14° of latitude (roughly 1,550 km) north of Sukhothai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sukhothai would have about 12,020 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
• Laid side by side, Sukhothai and Shanghai would cover 13,800 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 25.5 million people, 96% as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 7,070 km² is 7.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• 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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