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Texas vs China Geography
Land area
- Texas has a land area of 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²), while China has 3,600,947 square miles (9,326,410 km²).
- China's land area is 13.8 times larger than Texas'.
Total area
- Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²) vs China: 3,705,407 square miles (9,596,960 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- China's total area is 13.8 times larger than Texas'.
Length
- Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km) long from north to south; China is 2,551 miles (4,105 km).
- China's north-south length is 3.2 times (216%) longer than Texas'.
Width
- Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km) east to west; China spans 3,040 miles (4,892 km).
- China's east-west width is 3.9 times (291%) wider than Texas'.
Highest point
- Texas's highest point is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m); China's is Mount Everest at 29,032 feet (8,849 m).
- Mount Everest is 20,302 feet higher than Guadalupe Peak.
Lowest point
- Texas's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; China's is Turpan Depression at -505 feet.
- China's lowest point is 505 feet lower.
Texas vs China Population and History
Population
- Texas has a population of 31,290,831 (2024), while China has 1,404,890,000 (2025).
- China's population is 44.9 times larger than Texas'.
Population density
- Texas: 119.8 people per square mile vs China: 390.1.
- China's population density is 3.3 times (226%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- Texas's biggest city is Houston with 2,390,125 people; China's is Shanghai with 24,870,895.
- Shanghai's population is 10.4 times larger than Houston's.
Largest metro area
- Texas's largest metropolitan area is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032 people) vs China's Shanghai (29,558,908).
- Shanghai's population is 3.5 times (254%) larger than Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's.
History
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- China: The People's Republic of China was founded on October 1, 1949.
- In its current form, Texas is the older of the two by 104 years.
Texas vs China Economy
GDP
- Texas's GDP is $2,769.8 billion (2024) vs China's $19,498.0 billion.
- China's economic output is 7.0 times (604%) larger than Texas'.
GDP per capita
- Texas: $88,517 per person vs China: $13,862.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 6.4 times (539%) higher than China's.
Average income
- Texas: $69,823 vs China: $14,230 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 4.9 times (391%) higher than China's.
Official Websites
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