Virginia is 1.02× the size of Zhejiang

What fits

• Zhejiang is 98% of the size of Virginia.
• Virginia is larger by 2,390 km² (922 mi²), which is 2.4% of the area of Zhejiang.
• Measured in Belgiums: Virginia is about 3.38, Zhejiang about 3.30.

How they differ

• Virginia is larger, but Zhejiang has the larger population: 64.6 million against 8.6 million, 7.48× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 637 in Zhejiang against 83 in Virginia: Zhejiang is 7.66× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,300 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Virginia at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Zhejiang at 29°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Virginia as 1.24× the size of Zhejiang instead of 1.02×.
• Together Virginia and Zhejiang cover 205,000 km², close to the size of Belarus (207,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,390 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Zhejiang's density, Virginia would have 66.1 million people (it has 8.6 million). At Virginia's density, Zhejiang would have 8.4 million (it has 64.6 million).
• Virginia's centre is 8.4° of latitude, about 930 km, farther north than Zhejiang's.
• Virginia is the 37th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
• Zhejiang is the 24th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Virginia lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 929 km) north of Zhejiang.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Virginia would have about 12,020 m² and each person in Zhejiang about 1,570 m².
• Laid side by side, Virginia and Zhejiang would cover 205,000 km², about the same size as Belarus.
• Together they have 73.2 million people, 1.07× as many people as France.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 104,000 km² is 6.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 102,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 101,000 km², to within 2%.

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