Balearic Islands is 1.26× the size of Phang Nga

What fits

• Phang Nga is 79% of the size of Balearic Islands.
• Balearic Islands is larger by 1,060 km² (410 mi²), which is 26% of the area of Phang Nga.
• Measured in Belgiums: Balearic Islands is about 0.17, Phang Nga about 0.13.

How they differ

• Balearic Islands also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 268,000, 4.39× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 230 in Balearic Islands against 66 in Phang Nga: Balearic Islands is 3.48× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,860 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Balearic Islands at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Phang Nga at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Balearic Islands as 2.08× the size of Phang Nga instead of 1.26×.
• Together Balearic Islands and Phang Nga cover 9,170 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 9.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,060 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Phang Nga's density, Balearic Islands would have 338,000 people (it has 1.2 million). At Balearic Islands's density, Phang Nga would have 933,000 (it has 268,000).
• Balearic Islands's centre is 30.9° of latitude, about 3,440 km, farther north than Phang Nga's.
• Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Phang Nga is the 54th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 68th most densely populated of them.
• Balearic Islands lies about 31° of latitude (roughly 3,440 km) north of Phang Nga.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Balearic Islands would have about 4,350 m² and each person in Phang Nga about 15,120 m².
• Laid side by side, Balearic Islands and Phang Nga would cover 9,170 km², 92% of the size of Lebanon.
• Together they have 1.4 million people, 1.03× as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 4,060 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,170 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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