Utah is 1.04× the size of Hunan

Utah (state of the United States) covers about 220,000 km² (84,900 mi²) and Hunan (province of China) about 211,000 km² (81,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

220,000km²Utah
211,000km²Hunan

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What fits

Hunan is 96% of the size of Utah.
Utah is larger by 8,410 km² (3,250 mi²), which is 4.0% of the area of Hunan.
Measured in Belgiums: Utah is about 7.17, Hunan about 6.89.

How they differ

Utah is larger, but Hunan has the larger population: 66.4 million against 3.3 million, 20.3× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 314 in Hunan against 15 in Utah: Hunan is 21.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Utah at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Hunan at 28°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Utah as 1.36× the size of Hunan instead of 1.04×.
Together Utah and Hunan cover 431,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 8,410 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Hunan's density, Utah would have 69.1 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Utah's density, Hunan would have 3.1 million (it has 66.4 million).
Utah's centre is 11.7° of latitude, about 1,300 km, farther north than Hunan's.
Utah is the 13th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 41st most densely populated of them.
Hunan is the 10th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Utah lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,300 km) north of Hunan.
Shared out evenly, each person in Utah would have about 67,170 m² and each person in Hunan about 3,180 m².
Laid side by side, Utah and Hunan would cover 431,000 km², about the same size as Iraq.
Together they have 69.7 million people, about as many people as France.

Side by side

	Utah	Hunan
Is a	StateUnited States	ProvinceChina
Area, measured	220,000 km²84,900 mi²	211,000 km²81,600 mi²
Official area	220,000 km²Wikidata	212,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 51in the United States	10th of 31in China
Population	3.3 millionWikidata, 2020	66.4 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	30th of 51in the United States	7th of 31in China
Density	15 per km²	314 per km²
Capital	Salt Lake City	Changsha
Latitude range	37°N to 42°N	25°N to 30°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 220,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 220,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 212,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 211,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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

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