Surin is 1.27× the size of Shanghai

What fits

• Shanghai is 79% of the size of Surin.
• Surin is larger by 1,820 km² (701 mi²), which is 27% of the area of Shanghai.
• Measured in Belgiums: Surin is about 0.28, Shanghai about 0.22.

How they differ

• Surin is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.4 million, 18.0× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 161 in Surin: Shanghai is 22.9× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,560 km apart.
• On a standard web map Shanghai looks larger than Surin: Surin at 15°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Shanghai at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.01× the size of Surin, when Surin is 1.27× the size of Shanghai.
• Together Surin and Shanghai cover 15,300 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 1.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,820 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Shanghai's density, Surin would have 31.6 million people (it has 1.4 million). At Surin's density, Shanghai would have 1.1 million (it has 24.9 million).
• Shanghai's centre is 16.3° of latitude, about 1,810 km, farther north than Surin's.
• Surin is the 23rd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 23rd 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 16° of latitude (roughly 1,810 km) north of Surin.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Surin would have about 6,210 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
• Laid side by side, Surin and Shanghai would cover 15,300 km², about the same size as East Timor.
• Together they have 26.2 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 8,560 km² is 5.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 8,120 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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