Xinjiang is 1.04× the size of Amazonas

What fits

• Amazonas is 96% of the size of Xinjiang.
• Xinjiang is larger by 64,800 km² (25,000 mi²), which is 4.1% of the area of Amazonas.
• Measured in Belgiums: Xinjiang is about 53.2, Amazonas about 51.0.

How they differ

• Xinjiang also has the larger population: 25.9 million against 3.9 million, 6.56× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 16 in Xinjiang against 2.5 in Amazonas: Xinjiang is 6.30× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 14,900 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Xinjiang at 41°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Amazonas at 4°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Xinjiang as 1.82× the size of Amazonas instead of 1.04×.
• Together Xinjiang and Amazonas cover 3,196,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 64,800 km², is about the size of Lithuania (64,900 km²).
• At Amazonas's density, Xinjiang would have 4.1 million people (it has 25.9 million). At Xinjiang's density, Amazonas would have 24.8 million (it has 3.9 million).
• Xinjiang's centre is 45.2° of latitude, about 5,030 km, farther north than Amazonas's.
• 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.
• Amazonas is the largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 18% of its area; it is the 27th most densely populated of them.
• Xinjiang lies about 45° of latitude (roughly 5,030 km) north of Amazonas, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Xinjiang would have about 63,060 m² and each person in Amazonas about 397,150 m².
• Laid side by side, Xinjiang and Amazonas would cover 3,196,000 km², about the same size as India.
• Together they have 29.8 million people, about as many people as Mozambique.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• 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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 1,559,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,565,000 km², to within 2%.

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