Zhejiang is 1.03× the size of South Korea

What fits

• South Korea is 97% of the size of Zhejiang.
• Zhejiang is larger by 2,790 km² (1,080 mi²), which is 2.8% of the area of South Korea.
• Measured in Belgiums: Zhejiang is about 3.30, South Korea about 3.21.

How they differ

• Zhejiang also has the larger population: 64.6 million against 51.5 million, 1.25× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 637 in Zhejiang against 522 in South Korea: Zhejiang is 1.22× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,080 km apart.
• On a standard web map South Korea looks larger than Zhejiang: Zhejiang at 29°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and South Korea at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows South Korea as 1.14× the size of Zhejiang, when Zhejiang is 1.03× the size of South Korea.
• Together Zhejiang and South Korea cover 200,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,790 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
• At South Korea's density, Zhejiang would have 52.9 million people (it has 64.6 million). At Zhejiang's density, South Korea would have 62.8 million (it has 51.5 million).
• South Korea's centre is 7.2° of latitude, about 800 km, farther north than Zhejiang'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.
• South Korea ranks 109th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• South Korea lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 800 km) north of Zhejiang.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Zhejiang would have about 1,570 m² and each person in South Korea about 1,910 m².
• Laid side by side, Zhejiang and South Korea would cover 200,000 km², about the same size as Kyrgyzstan.
• Together they have 116.0 million people, about as many people as Egypt.
• Counted as a country, Zhejiang would rank 108th by area and 23rd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2017. 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 100,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 98,500 km², to within 2%.

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