Turkey is 1.61× the size of Sichuan
Turkey (Asia) covers about 780,000 km² (301,000 mi²) and Sichuan (province of China) about 485,000 km² (187,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 780,000km²Turkey
- 485,000km²Sichuan
500 km
- Turkey
- Sichuan
What fits
- Sichuan is 62% of the size of Turkey.
- Turkey is larger by 295,000 km² (114,000 mi²), which is 61% of the area of Sichuan.
- Measured in Belgiums: Turkey is about 25.4, Sichuan about 15.8.
How they differ
- Turkey also has the larger population: 85.4 million against 83.7 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 173 in Sichuan against 109 in Turkey: Sichuan is 1.58× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,090 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Turkey at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Sichuan at 31°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Turkey as 1.98× the size of Sichuan instead of 1.61×.
- Together Turkey and Sichuan cover 1,265,000 km², close to the size of Chad (1,266,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 295,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
- At Sichuan's density, Turkey would have 134.6 million people (it has 85.4 million). At Turkey's density, Sichuan would have 53.1 million (it has 83.7 million).
- Turkey's centre is 8.5° of latitude, about 950 km, farther north than Sichuan's.
- Turkey ranks 38th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Sichuan is the 5th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 5.2% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
- Turkey lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 949 km) north of Sichuan.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Turkey would have about 9,140 m² and each person in Sichuan about 5,790 m².
- Laid side by side, Turkey and Sichuan would cover 1,265,000 km², about the same size as Chad.
- Together they have 169.0 million people, about as many people as Bangladesh.
- Counted as a country, Sichuan would rank 52nd by area and 19th by population.
Side by side
| Turkey | Sichuan | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAsia | ProvinceChina |
| Area, measured | 780,000 km²301,000 mi² | 485,000 km²187,000 mi² |
| Official area | 784,000 km²Wikidata | 485,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 37th of 239worldwide | 5th of 31in China |
| Population | 85.4 millionWikidata, 2023 | 83.7 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 18th of 237worldwide | 5th of 31in China |
| Density | 109 per km² | 173 per km² |
| Capital | Ankara | Chengdu |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 42°N | 26°N to 34°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%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 485,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 485,000 km², to within 2%.
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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