Australian Capital Territory is 1.59× the size of Pathum Thani

What fits

• Pathum Thani is 63% of the size of Australian Capital Territory.
• Australian Capital Territory is larger by 871 km² (336 mi²), which is 59% of the area of Pathum Thani.
• Measured in Belgiums: Australian Capital Territory is about 0.08, Pathum Thani about 0.05.

How they differ

• Australian Capital Territory is larger, but Pathum Thani has the larger population: 1.2 million against 482,000, 2.44× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 796 in Pathum Thani against 205 in Australian Capital Territory: Pathum Thani is 3.88× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,500 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Australian Capital Territory at 35°S is drawn about 1.5× too large and Pathum Thani at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Australian Capital Territory as 2.26× the size of Pathum Thani instead of 1.59×.
• Together Australian Capital Territory and Pathum Thani cover 3,830 km², close to the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km², 2.6% bigger).
• The gap between them, 871 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
• At Pathum Thani's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 1.9 million people (it has 482,000). At Australian Capital Territory's density, Pathum Thani would have 303,000 (it has 1.2 million).
• Pathum Thani's centre is 49.6° of latitude, about 5,510 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.
• Pathum Thani is the 70th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
• Pathum Thani lies about 50° of latitude (roughly 5,510 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 Pathum Thani about 1,260 m².
• Laid side by side, Australian Capital Territory and Pathum Thani would cover 3,830 km², about the same size as Cape Verde.
• Together they have 1.7 million people, 90% as many people as North Macedonia.
• Australian Capital Territory is drawn from 52 points and Pathum Thani is drawn from 22 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 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 2,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,350 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 1,480 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,530 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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