Turkey is 1.09× the size of Qinghai
Turkey (Asia) covers about 780,000 km² (301,000 mi²) and Qinghai (province of China) about 714,000 km² (276,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 780,000km²Turkey
- 714,000km²Qinghai
500 km
- Turkey
- Qinghai
What fits
- Qinghai is 92% of the size of Turkey.
- Turkey is larger by 65,600 km² (25,300 mi²), which is 9.2% of the area of Qinghai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Turkey is about 25.4, Qinghai about 23.3.
How they differ
- Turkey also has the larger population: 85.4 million against 5.9 million, 14.4× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 109 in Turkey against 8.3 in Qinghai: Turkey is 13.2× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,280 km apart.
- Together Turkey and Qinghai cover 1,495,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 4.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 65,600 km², is about the size of Sri Lanka (66,300 km²).
- At Qinghai's density, Turkey would have 6.5 million people (it has 85.4 million). At Turkey's density, Qinghai would have 78.2 million (it has 5.9 million).
- Turkey's centre is 3.4° of latitude, about 380 km, farther north than Qinghai's.
- Turkey ranks 38th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Qinghai is the 4th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 7.6% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
- Turkey lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 376 km) north of Qinghai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Turkey would have about 9,140 m² and each person in Qinghai about 120,610 m².
- Laid side by side, Turkey and Qinghai would cover 1,495,000 km², 96% of the size of Mongolia.
- Together they have 91.3 million people, about as many people as Iran.
- Counted as a country, Qinghai would rank 40th by area and 115th by population.
Side by side
| Turkey | Qinghai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAsia | ProvinceChina |
| Area, measured | 780,000 km²301,000 mi² | 714,000 km²276,000 mi² |
| Official area | 784,000 km²Wikidata | 697,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 37th of 239worldwide | 4th of 31in China |
| Population | 85.4 millionWikidata, 2023 | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 18th of 237worldwide | 30th of 31in China |
| Density | 109 per km² | 8.3 per km² |
| Capital | Ankara | Xining |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 42°N | 32°N to 39°N |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 784,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 780,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 714,000 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 697,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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