Zambia is 1.05× the size of Qinghai
Zambia (Africa) covers about 752,000 km² (290,000 mi²) and Qinghai (province of China) about 714,000 km² (276,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 752,000km²Zambia
- 714,000km²Qinghai
200 km
- Zambia
- Qinghai
What fits
- Qinghai is 95% of the size of Zambia.
- Zambia is larger by 37,400 km² (14,500 mi²), which is 5.2% of the area of Qinghai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Zambia is about 24.5, Qinghai about 23.3.
How they differ
- Zambia also has the larger population: 19.6 million against 5.9 million, 3.31× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 26 in Zambia against 8.3 in Qinghai: Zambia is 3.15× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,000 km apart.
- On a standard web map Qinghai looks larger than Zambia: Zambia at 13°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Qinghai at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Qinghai as 1.36× the size of Zambia, when Zambia is 1.05× the size of Qinghai.
- Together Zambia and Qinghai cover 1,466,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 6.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 37,400 km², is about the size of Netherlands (37,100 km²).
- At Qinghai's density, Zambia would have 6.2 million people (it has 19.6 million). At Zambia's density, Qinghai would have 18.6 million (it has 5.9 million).
- Qinghai's centre is 49.2° of latitude, about 5,470 km, farther north than Zambia's.
- Zambia ranks 39th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Qinghai is the 4th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 7.6% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
- Qinghai lies about 49° of latitude (roughly 5,470 km) north of Zambia, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Zambia would have about 38,340 m² and each person in Qinghai about 120,610 m².
- Laid side by side, Zambia and Qinghai would cover 1,466,000 km², 94% of the size of Mongolia.
- Together they have 25.5 million people, 97% as many people as North Korea.
- Counted as a country, Qinghai would rank 40th by area and 115th by population.
Side by side
| Zambia | Qinghai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | ProvinceChina |
| Area, measured | 752,000 km²290,000 mi² | 714,000 km²276,000 mi² |
| Official area | 753,000 km²Wikidata | 697,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 38th of 239worldwide | 4th of 31in China |
| Population | 19.6 millionWikidata, 2022 | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 63rd of 237worldwide | 30th of 31in China |
| Density | 26 per km² | 8.3 per km² |
| Capital | Lusaka | Xining |
| Latitude range | 18°S to 8°S | 32°N to 39°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 753,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 752,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 714,000 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 697,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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