Western Australia is 1.55× the size of Xinjiang

What fits

• Xinjiang is 64% of the size of Western Australia.
• Western Australia is larger by 898,000 km² (347,000 mi²), which is 55% of the area of Xinjiang.
• Measured in Belgiums: Western Australia is about 82.4, Xinjiang about 53.2.

How they differ

• Western Australia is larger, but Xinjiang has the larger population: 25.9 million against 3.0 million, 8.59× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 16 in Xinjiang against 1.2 in Western Australia: Xinjiang is 13.3× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,320 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Western Australia at 25°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Xinjiang at 41°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Western Australia as 1.08× the size of Xinjiang instead of 1.55×.
• Together Western Australia and Xinjiang cover 4,158,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 24% smaller).
• The gap between them, 898,000 km², is about the size of Nigeria (907,000 km²).
• At Xinjiang's density, Western Australia would have 40.1 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Western Australia's density, Xinjiang would have 1.9 million (it has 25.9 million).
• Xinjiang's centre is 66.4° of latitude, about 7,380 km, farther north than Western Australia's.
• Western Australia is the largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 33% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Xinjiang is the largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 17% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
• Xinjiang lies about 66° of latitude (roughly 7,380 km) north of Western Australia, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Western Australia would have about 840,280 m² and each person in Xinjiang about 63,060 m².
• Laid side by side, Western Australia and Xinjiang would cover 4,158,000 km², 1.32× the size of India.
• Together they have 28.9 million people, about as many people as Nepal.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 2,527,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,528,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 1,630,000 km² is 2.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,665,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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