Akita is 1.04× the size of Chiang Rai
Akita (prefecture of Japan) covers about 11,700 km² (4,530 mi²) and Chiang Rai (province of Thailand) about 11,300 km² (4,350 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 11,700km²Akita
- 11,300km²Chiang Rai
20 km
- Akita
- Chiang Rai
What fits
- Chiang Rai is 96% of the size of Akita.
- Akita is larger by 448 km² (173 mi²), which is 4.0% of the area of Chiang Rai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Akita is about 0.38, Chiang Rai about 0.37.
How they differ
- Akita is larger, but Chiang Rai has the larger population: 1.3 million against 946,000, 1.37× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 115 in Chiang Rai against 81 in Akita: Chiang Rai is 1.42× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,440 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Akita at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Chiang Rai at 20°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Akita as 1.56× the size of Chiang Rai instead of 1.04×.
- Together Akita and Chiang Rai cover 23,000 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 3.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 448 km², is about the size of Antigua and Barbuda (452 km²).
- At Chiang Rai's density, Akita would have 1.3 million people (it has 946,000). At Akita's density, Chiang Rai would have 910,000 (it has 1.3 million).
- Akita's centre is 19.9° of latitude, about 2,210 km, farther north than Chiang Rai's.
- Akita is the 6th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.1% of its area; it is the 45th most densely populated of them.
- Chiang Rai is the 12th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 43rd most densely populated of them.
- Akita lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,210 km) north of Chiang Rai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Akita would have about 12,390 m² and each person in Chiang Rai about 8,710 m².
- Laid side by side, Akita and Chiang Rai would cover 23,000 km², 1.03× the size of Belize.
- Together they have 2.2 million people, 93% as many people as Moldova.
Side by side
| Akita | Chiang Rai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 11,700 km²4,530 mi² | 11,300 km²4,350 mi² |
| Official area | 11,600 km²Wikidata | 11,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 6th of 47in Japan | 12th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 946,000Wikidata, 2021 | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 39th of 47in Japan | 15th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 81 per km² | 115 per km² |
| Capital | Akita | Chiang Rai |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 41°N | 19°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 11,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 11,300 km² is 3.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Similar in size to Akita
Similar in size to Chiang Rai
More from the same country
More comparisons
Send it to someone who won’t believe it
Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12