Tianjin is 1.20× the size of Sakon Nakhon

What fits

• Sakon Nakhon is 83% of the size of Tianjin.
• Tianjin is larger by 1,920 km² (741 mi²), which is 20% of the area of Sakon Nakhon.
• Measured in Belgiums: Tianjin is about 0.37, Sakon Nakhon about 0.31.

How they differ

• Tianjin also has the larger population: 13.9 million against 1.1 million, 12.1× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 1,208 in Tianjin against 120 in Sakon Nakhon: Tianjin is 10.1× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,760 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tianjin at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Sakon Nakhon at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Tianjin as 1.83× the size of Sakon Nakhon instead of 1.20×.
• Together Tianjin and Sakon Nakhon cover 21,000 km², close to the size of El Salvador (20,500 km², 2.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,920 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Sakon Nakhon's density, Tianjin would have 1.4 million people (it has 13.9 million). At Tianjin's density, Sakon Nakhon would have 11.5 million (it has 1.1 million).
• Tianjin's centre is 21.9° of latitude, about 2,440 km, farther north than Sakon Nakhon's.
• Tianjin is the 30th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Sakon Nakhon is the 20th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 41st most densely populated of them.
• Tianjin lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,440 km) north of Sakon Nakhon.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Tianjin would have about 830 m² and each person in Sakon Nakhon about 8,330 m².
• Laid side by side, Tianjin and Sakon Nakhon would cover 21,000 km², about the same size as El Salvador.
• Together they have 15.0 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 11,500 km² is 3.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 9,610 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,560 km², to within 2%.

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