Yunnan is 1.25× the size of Madhya Pradesh
Yunnan (province of China) covers about 385,000 km² (149,000 mi²) and Madhya Pradesh (state of India) about 310,000 km² (120,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 385,000km²Yunnan
- 310,000km²Madhya Pradesh
200 km
- Yunnan
- Madhya Pradesh
What fits
- Madhya Pradesh is 80% of the size of Yunnan.
- Yunnan is larger by 75,900 km² (29,300 mi²), which is 25% of the area of Madhya Pradesh.
- Measured in Belgiums: Yunnan is about 12.6, Madhya Pradesh about 10.1.
How they differ
- Yunnan is larger, but Madhya Pradesh has the larger population: 72.6 million against 47.2 million, 1.54× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 235 in Madhya Pradesh against 122 in Yunnan: Madhya Pradesh is 1.91× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,350 km apart.
- Together Yunnan and Madhya Pradesh cover 695,000 km², close to the size of Myanmar (663,000 km², 4.6% smaller).
- The gap between them, 75,900 km², is about the size of Panama (74,500 km²).
- At Madhya Pradesh's density, Yunnan would have 90.4 million people (it has 47.2 million). At Yunnan's density, Madhya Pradesh would have 37.9 million (it has 72.6 million).
- Yunnan's centre is 1.4° of latitude, about 160 km, farther north than Madhya Pradesh's.
- Yunnan is the 8th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
- Madhya Pradesh is the 2nd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 9.8% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 25°N and 24°N.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Yunnan would have about 8,160 m² and each person in Madhya Pradesh about 4,260 m².
- Laid side by side, Yunnan and Madhya Pradesh would cover 695,000 km², 1.05× the size of Myanmar.
- Together they have 119.8 million people, 97% as many people as Japan.
Side by side
| Yunnan | Madhya Pradesh | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceChina | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 385,000 km²149,000 mi² | 310,000 km²120,000 mi² |
| Official area | 394,000 km²Wikidata | 308,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 31in China | 2nd of 36in India |
| Population | 47.2 millionWikidata, 2020 | 72.6 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 31in China | 5th of 36in India |
| Density | 122 per km² | 235 per km² |
| Capital | Kunming | Bhopal |
| Latitude range | 21°N to 29°N | 21°N to 27°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 385,000 km² is 2.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 394,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 308,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 310,000 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