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Massachusetts vs China Geography
Land area
- Massachusetts has a land area of 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²), while China has 3,600,947 square miles (9,326,410 km²).
- China's land area is 461.6 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²) vs China: 3,705,407 square miles (9,596,960 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- China's total area is 351.1 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km) long from north to south; China is 2,551 miles (4,105 km).
- China's north-south length is 20.7 times longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km) east to west; China spans 3,040 miles (4,892 km).
- China's east-west width is 16.4 times wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Massachusetts's highest point is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m); China's is Mount Everest at 29,032 feet (8,849 m).
- Mount Everest is 25,543 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- Massachusetts's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; China's is Turpan Depression at -505 feet.
- China's lowest point is 505 feet lower.
Massachusetts vs China Population and History
Population
- Massachusetts has a population of 7,136,171 (2024), while China has 1,404,890,000 (2025).
- China's population is 196.9 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Population density
- Massachusetts: 914.8 people per square mile vs China: 390.1.
- Massachusetts' population density is 2.3 times (135%) higher than China's.
Biggest city
- Massachusetts's biggest city is Boston with 673,458 people; China's is Shanghai with 24,870,895.
- Shanghai's population is 36.9 times larger than Boston's.
Largest metro area
- Massachusetts's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs China's Shanghai (29,558,908).
- Shanghai's population is 5.9 times (488%) larger than Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's.
History
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- China: The People's Republic of China was founded on October 1, 1949.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 161 years.
Massachusetts vs China Economy
GDP
- Massachusetts's GDP is $778.5 billion (2024) vs China's $19,498.0 billion.
- China's economic output is 25.0 times larger than Massachusetts'.
GDP per capita
- Massachusetts: $109,095 per person vs China: $13,862.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 7.9 times (687%) higher than China's.
Average income
- Massachusetts: $93,607 vs China: $14,230 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 6.6 times (558%) higher than China's.
Official Websites
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