Alaska is 120× the size of Lampang
Alaska (state of the United States) covers about 1,505,000 km² (581,000 mi²) and Lampang (province of Thailand) about 12,500 km² (4,830 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,505,000km²Alaska
- 12,500km²Lampang
1,000 km
- Alaska
- Lampang
What fits
- Lampang fits inside Alaska about 120 times by area.
- Alaska is larger by 1,493,000 km² (576,000 mi²), which is 11,922% of the area of Lampang.
- Measured in Belgiums: Alaska is about 49.1, Lampang about 0.41.
How they differ
- Alaska also has the larger population: 733,000 against 729,000, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 58 in Lampang against 0.5 in Alaska: Lampang is 119× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,020 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alaska at 64°N is drawn about 5.2× too large and Lampang at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Alaska as 563× the size of Lampang instead of 120×.
- Together Alaska and Lampang cover 1,518,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 3.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,493,000 km², is about the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km²).
- At Lampang's density, Alaska would have 87.6 million people (it has 733,000). At Alaska's density, Lampang would have 6,100 (it has 729,000).
- Alaska's centre is 45.6° of latitude, about 5,070 km, farther north than Lampang's.
- Alaska is the largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 16% of its area; it is the 51st most densely populated of them.
- Lampang is the 9th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 71st most densely populated of them.
- Alaska lies about 46° of latitude (roughly 5,070 km) north of Lampang.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Alaska would have about 2,052,560 m² and each person in Lampang about 17,180 m².
- Laid side by side, Alaska and Lampang would cover 1,518,000 km², about the same size as Mongolia.
- Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.04× as many people as East Timor.
Side by side
| Alaska | Lampang | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 1,505,000 km²581,000 mi² | 12,500 km²4,830 mi² |
| Official area | 1,718,000 km²Wikidata | 12,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 1st of 51in the United States | 9th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 733,000Wikidata, 2020 | 729,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 48th of 51in the United States | 34th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 0.5 per km² | 58 per km² |
| Capital | – | Lampang |
| Latitude range | 51°N to 71°N | 17°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 1,505,000 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,718,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Wikidata's official figure of 12,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,500 km², to within 2%.
Similar in size to Alaska
Similar in size to Lampang
More from the same country
More comparisons
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
