Yunnan is 1.18× the size of Maranhão

What fits

• Maranhão is 85% of the size of Yunnan.
• Yunnan is larger by 59,300 km² (22,900 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Maranhão.
• Measured in Belgiums: Yunnan is about 12.6, Maranhão about 10.6.

How they differ

• Yunnan also has the larger population: 47.2 million against 6.8 million, 6.97× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 122 in Yunnan against 21 in Maranhão: Yunnan is 5.90× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 15,800 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Yunnan at 25°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Maranhão at 5°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Yunnan as 1.43× the size of Maranhão instead of 1.18×.
• Together Yunnan and Maranhão cover 712,000 km², close to the size of Chile (736,000 km², 3.5% bigger).
• The gap between them, 59,300 km², is about the size of Togo (56,900 km²).
• At Maranhão's density, Yunnan would have 8.0 million people (it has 47.2 million). At Yunnan's density, Maranhão would have 40.0 million (it has 6.8 million).
• Yunnan's centre is 30.1° of latitude, about 3,340 km, farther north than Maranhão'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.
• Maranhão is the 8th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.8% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Yunnan lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,340 km) north of Maranhão, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Yunnan would have about 8,160 m² and each person in Maranhão about 48,130 m².
• Laid side by side, Yunnan and Maranhão would cover 712,000 km², 97% of the size of Chile.
• Together they have 54.0 million people, about as many people as Myanmar.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 332,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 326,000 km², to within 2%.

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