Alaska is 752× the size of Pattani

What fits

• Pattani fits inside Alaska about 752 times by area.
• Alaska is larger by 1,503,000 km² (580,000 mi²), which is 75,106% of the area of Pattani.
• Measured in Belgiums: Alaska is about 49.1, Pattani about 0.07.

How they differ

• Alaska also has the larger population: 733,000 against 726,000, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 363 in Pattani against 0.5 in Alaska: Pattani is 744× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,100 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alaska at 64°N is drawn about 5.2× too large and Pattani at 7°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Alaska as 3,856× the size of Pattani instead of 752×.
• Together Alaska and Pattani cover 1,507,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 3.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,503,000 km², is about the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km²).
• At Pattani's density, Alaska would have 546.0 million people (it has 733,000). At Alaska's density, Pattani would have 980 (it has 726,000).
• Alaska's centre is 57.3° of latitude, about 6,370 km, farther north than Pattani'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.
• Pattani is the 68th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.4% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Alaska lies about 57° of latitude (roughly 6,370 km) north of Pattani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Alaska would have about 2,052,560 m² and each person in Pattani about 2,760 m².
• Laid side by side, Alaska and Pattani would cover 1,507,000 km², 96% of the size of Mongolia.
• Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.04× as many people as East Timor.
• Pattani is drawn from 50 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

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.
• Our measured 2,000 km² is 3.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 1,940 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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