Belgium is 2.33× the size of Chaiyaphum
Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Chaiyaphum (province of Thailand) about 13,200 km² (5,090 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 13,200km²Chaiyaphum
50 km
- Belgium
- Chaiyaphum
What fits
- Chaiyaphum fits inside Belgium about 2.33 times by area.
- Belgium is larger by 17,500 km² (6,760 mi²), which is 133% of the area of Chaiyaphum.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Chaiyaphum about 0.32.
How they differ
- Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 1.1 million, 10.5× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 85 in Chaiyaphum: Belgium is 4.51× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,130 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Chaiyaphum at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Belgium as 5.35× the size of Chaiyaphum instead of 2.33×.
- Together Belgium and Chaiyaphum cover 43,800 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 2.6% smaller).
- The gap between them, 17,500 km², is about the size of Kuwait (17,500 km²).
- At Chaiyaphum's density, Belgium would have 2.6 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Chaiyaphum would have 5.1 million (it has 1.1 million).
- Belgium's centre is 34.6° of latitude, about 3,850 km, farther north than Chaiyaphum's.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Chaiyaphum is the 8th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 56th most densely populated of them.
- Belgium lies about 35° of latitude (roughly 3,850 km) north of Chaiyaphum.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Chaiyaphum about 11,710 m².
- Laid side by side, Belgium and Chaiyaphum would cover 43,800 km², about the same size as Denmark.
- Together they have 13.0 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
- Counted as a country, Chaiyaphum would rank 161st by area and 162nd by population.
Side by side
| Belgium | Chaiyaphum | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 13,200 km²5,090 mi² |
| Official area | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 12,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 239worldwide | 8th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 80th of 237worldwide | 19th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 386 per km² | 85 per km² |
| Capital | Brussels | Chaiyaphum |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 15°N to 17°N |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 13,200 km² is 3.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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