Bangkok is 1.05× the size of Delhi
Bangkok (special administrative area of Thailand) covers about 1,560 km² (604 mi²) and Delhi (union territory of India) about 1,480 km² (572 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,560km²Bangkok
- 1,480km²Delhi
20 km
- Bangkok
- Delhi
What fits
- Delhi is 95% of the size of Bangkok.
- Bangkok is larger by 81.4 km² (31.4 mi²), which is 5.5% of the area of Delhi.
- Measured in Belgiums: Bangkok is about 0.05, Delhi about 0.05.
How they differ
- Bangkok is larger, but Delhi has the larger population: 16.8 million against 5.7 million, 2.96× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 11,325 in Delhi against 3,630 in Bangkok: Delhi is 3.12× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,940 km apart.
- On a standard web map Delhi looks larger than Bangkok: Bangkok at 14°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Delhi at 29°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Delhi as 1.16× the size of Bangkok, when Bangkok is 1.05× the size of Delhi.
- Together Bangkok and Delhi cover 3,050 km², close to the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km², 9.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 81.4 km², is about the size of Maldives (109 km²).
- At Delhi's density, Bangkok would have 17.7 million people (it has 5.7 million). At Bangkok's density, Delhi would have 5.4 million (it has 16.8 million).
- Delhi's centre is 14.9° of latitude, about 1,660 km, farther north than Bangkok's.
- 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.
- Delhi is the 32nd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Delhi lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,660 km) north of Bangkok.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Bangkok would have about 280 m² and each person in Delhi about 90 m².
- Laid side by side, Bangkok and Delhi would cover 3,050 km², 1.10× the size of Samoa.
- Together they have 22.5 million people, about as many people as Mali.
- Bangkok is drawn from 40 points and Delhi 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
| Bangkok | Delhi | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Special administrative areaThailand | Union TerritoryIndia |
| Area, measured | 1,560 km²604 mi² | 1,480 km²572 mi² |
| Official area | 1,570 km²Wikidata | 1,480 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 69th of 77in Thailand | 32nd of 36in India |
| Population | 5.7 millionWikidata, 2018 | 16.8 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 1st of 77in Thailand | 19th of 36in India |
| Density | 3,630 per km² | 11,325 per km² |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 14°N | 28°N to 29°N |
Population: Wikidata 2018 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,570 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,560 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,480 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,480 km², to within 2%.
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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