Australian Capital Territory is 1.50× the size of Bangkok

What fits

• Bangkok is 67% of the size of Australian Capital Territory.
• Australian Capital Territory is larger by 785 km² (303 mi²), which is 50% of the area of Bangkok.
• Measured in Belgiums: Australian Capital Territory is about 0.08, Bangkok about 0.05.

How they differ

• Australian Capital Territory is larger, but Bangkok has the larger population: 5.7 million against 482,000, 11.8× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,630 in Bangkok against 205 in Australian Capital Territory: Bangkok is 17.7× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,480 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Australian Capital Territory at 35°S is drawn about 1.5× too large and Bangkok at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Australian Capital Territory as 2.14× the size of Bangkok instead of 1.50×.
• Together Australian Capital Territory and Bangkok cover 3,910 km², close to the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km², 0.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 785 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
• At Bangkok's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 8.5 million people (it has 482,000). At Australian Capital Territory's density, Bangkok would have 321,000 (it has 5.7 million).
• Bangkok's centre is 49.3° of latitude, about 5,480 km, farther north than Australian Capital Territory's.
• Australian Capital Territory is the 8th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Bangkok is the 69th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Bangkok lies about 49° of latitude (roughly 5,480 km) north of Australian Capital Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Australian Capital Territory would have about 4,880 m² and each person in Bangkok about 280 m².
• Laid side by side, Australian Capital Territory and Bangkok would cover 3,910 km², about the same size as Cape Verde.
• Together they have 6.2 million people, about as many people as the Republic of the Congo.
• Australian Capital Territory is drawn from 52 points and Bangkok is drawn from 40 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2018. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 2,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,350 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 1,570 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,560 km², to within 2%.

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