Veneto is 1.11× the size of Beijing
Veneto (region of Italy) covers about 18,000 km² (6,960 mi²) and Beijing (municipality of China) about 16,300 km² (6,270 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 18,000km²Veneto
- 16,300km²Beijing
50 km
- Veneto
- Beijing
What fits
- Beijing is 90% of the size of Veneto.
- Veneto is larger by 1,790 km² (689 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Beijing.
- Measured in Belgiums: Veneto is about 0.59, Beijing about 0.53.
How they differ
- Veneto is larger, but Beijing has the larger population: 21.9 million against 4.9 million, 4.46× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,347 in Beijing against 272 in Veneto: Beijing is 4.95× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,880 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Veneto at 46°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Beijing at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Veneto as 1.33× the size of Beijing instead of 1.11×.
- Together Veneto and Beijing cover 34,300 km², close to the size of Moldova (33,200 km², 3.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,790 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Beijing's density, Veneto would have 24.3 million people (it has 4.9 million). At Veneto's density, Beijing would have 4.4 million (it has 21.9 million).
- Veneto's centre is 5.5° of latitude, about 610 km, farther north than Beijing's.
- Veneto is the 8th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 6.0% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Beijing is the 29th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Veneto lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 610 km) north of Beijing.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Veneto would have about 3,680 m² and each person in Beijing about 740 m².
- Laid side by side, Veneto and Beijing would cover 34,300 km², 1.03× the size of Moldova.
- Together they have 26.8 million people, about as many people as North Korea.
Side by side
| Veneto | Beijing | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 18,000 km²6,960 mi² | 16,300 km²6,270 mi² |
| Official area | 18,300 km²Wikidata | 16,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 20in Italy | 29th of 31in China |
| Population | 4.9 millionWikidata, 2019 | 21.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 5th of 20in Italy | 26th of 31in China |
| Density | 272 per km² | 1,347 per km² |
| Capital | Venice | – |
| Latitude range | 45°N to 47°N | 39°N to 41°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 18,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 18,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,300 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Veneto is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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