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Colorado vs China Geography
Land area
- Colorado has a land area of 103,637 square miles (268,419 km²), while China has 3,600,947 square miles (9,326,410 km²).
- China's land area is 34.7 times larger than Colorado's.
Total area
- Colorado: 104,095 square miles (269,605 km²) vs China: 3,705,407 square miles (9,596,960 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- China's total area is 35.6 times larger than Colorado's.
Length
- Colorado is 467 miles (751 km) long from north to south; China is 2,551 miles (4,105 km).
- China's north-south length is 5.5 times (446%) longer than Colorado's.
Width
- Colorado spans 387 miles (622 km) east to west; China spans 3,040 miles (4,892 km).
- China's east-west width is 7.9 times (686%) wider than Colorado's.
Highest point
- Colorado's highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,422 feet (4,396 m); China's is Mount Everest at 29,032 feet (8,849 m).
- Mount Everest is 14,610 feet higher than Mount Elbert.
Lowest point
- Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at 3,326 feet; China's is Turpan Depression at -505 feet.
- China's lowest point is 3,831 feet lower.
Colorado vs China Population and History
Population
- Colorado has a population of 5,957,493 (2024), while China has 1,404,890,000 (2025).
- China's population is 235.8 times larger than Colorado's.
Population density
- Colorado: 57.5 people per square mile vs China: 390.1.
- China's population density is 6.8 times (578%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest city
- Colorado's biggest city is Denver with 729,019 people; China's is Shanghai with 24,870,895.
- Shanghai's population is 34.1 times larger than Denver's.
Largest metro area
- Colorado's largest metropolitan area is Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area (3,052,498 people) vs China's Shanghai (29,558,908).
- Shanghai's population is 9.7 times (868%) larger than Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area's.
History
- Colorado: Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th state.
- China: The People's Republic of China was founded on October 1, 1949.
- In its current form, Colorado is the older of the two by 73 years.
Colorado vs China Economy
GDP
- Colorado's GDP is $557.6 billion (2024) vs China's $19,498.0 billion.
- China's economic output is 35.0 times larger than Colorado's.
GDP per capita
- Colorado: $93,602 per person vs China: $13,862.
- Colorado's GDP per capita is 6.8 times (575%) higher than China's.
Average income
- Colorado: $83,055 vs China: $14,230 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Colorado's average income is 5.8 times (484%) higher than China's.
Official Websites
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