Zhejiang is 1.04× the size of Pernambuco

What fits

• Pernambuco is 96% of the size of Zhejiang.
• Zhejiang is larger by 3,710 km² (1,430 mi²), which is 3.8% of the area of Pernambuco.
• Measured in Belgiums: Zhejiang is about 3.30, Pernambuco about 3.18.

How they differ

• Zhejiang also has the larger population: 64.6 million against 9.1 million, 7.13× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 637 in Zhejiang against 93 in Pernambuco: Zhejiang is 6.87× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,800 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Zhejiang at 29°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Pernambuco at 8°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Zhejiang as 1.33× the size of Pernambuco instead of 1.04×.
• Together Zhejiang and Pernambuco cover 199,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 0.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 3,710 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
• At Pernambuco's density, Zhejiang would have 9.4 million people (it has 64.6 million). At Zhejiang's density, Pernambuco would have 62.2 million (it has 9.1 million).
• Zhejiang's centre is 37.5° of latitude, about 4,170 km, farther north than Pernambuco's.
• Zhejiang is the 24th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Pernambuco is the 19th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• Zhejiang lies about 38° of latitude (roughly 4,170 km) north of Pernambuco, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Zhejiang would have about 1,570 m² and each person in Pernambuco about 10,780 m².
• Laid side by side, Zhejiang and Pernambuco would cover 199,000 km², about the same size as Kyrgyzstan.
• Together they have 73.6 million people, 1.07× as many people as France.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 102,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 101,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 98,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 97,600 km², to within 2%.

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