Akita is 2.04× the size of Maha Sarakham
Akita (prefecture of Japan) covers about 11,700 km² (4,530 mi²) and Maha Sarakham (province of Thailand) about 5,740 km² (2,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 11,700km²Akita
- 5,740km²Maha Sarakham
20 km
- Akita
- Maha Sarakham
What fits
- Maha Sarakham fits inside Akita about 2.04 times by area.
- Akita is larger by 5,990 km² (2,310 mi²), which is 104% of the area of Maha Sarakham.
- Measured in Belgiums: Akita is about 0.38, Maha Sarakham about 0.19.
How they differ
- Akita is larger, but Maha Sarakham has the larger population: 954,000 against 946,000, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 166 in Maha Sarakham against 81 in Akita: Maha Sarakham is 2.06× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,460 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Akita at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Maha Sarakham at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Akita as 3.19× the size of Maha Sarakham instead of 2.04×.
- Together Akita and Maha Sarakham cover 17,500 km², close to the size of Kuwait (17,500 km², 0.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 5,990 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Maha Sarakham's density, Akita would have 1.9 million people (it has 946,000). At Akita's density, Maha Sarakham would have 463,000 (it has 954,000).
- Akita's centre is 23.8° of latitude, about 2,640 km, farther north than Maha Sarakham'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.
- Maha Sarakham is the 38th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
- Akita lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,640 km) north of Maha Sarakham.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Akita would have about 12,390 m² and each person in Maha Sarakham about 6,020 m².
- Laid side by side, Akita and Maha Sarakham would cover 17,500 km², about the same size as Kuwait.
- Together they have 1.9 million people, about as many people as Guinea-Bissau.
Side by side
| Akita | Maha Sarakham | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 11,700 km²4,530 mi² | 5,740 km²2,210 mi² |
| Official area | 11,600 km²Wikidata | 5,290 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 6th of 47in Japan | 38th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 946,000Wikidata, 2021 | 954,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 39th of 47in Japan | 24th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 81 per km² | 166 per km² |
| Capital | Akita | Maha Sarakham |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 41°N | 15°N to 17°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 5,740 km² is 8.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,290 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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