Belgium is 1.35× the size of Chiang Mai
Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Chiang Mai (province of Thailand) about 22,800 km² (8,790 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 22,800km²Chiang Mai
50 km
- Belgium
- Chiang Mai
What fits
- Chiang Mai is 74% of the size of Belgium.
- Belgium is larger by 7,910 km² (3,050 mi²), which is 35% of the area of Chiang Mai.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Chiang Mai about 0.55.
How they differ
- Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 1.8 million, 6.63× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 78 in Chiang Mai: Belgium is 4.92× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,680 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Chiang Mai at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Belgium as 3.00× the size of Chiang Mai instead of 1.35×.
- Together Belgium and Chiang Mai cover 53,400 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 3.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 7,910 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Chiang Mai's density, Belgium would have 2.4 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Chiang Mai would have 8.8 million (it has 1.8 million).
- Belgium's centre is 31.8° of latitude, about 3,540 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Chiang Mai is the largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 4.4% of its area; it is the 64th most densely populated of them.
- Belgium lies about 32° of latitude (roughly 3,540 km) north of Chiang Mai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
- Laid side by side, Belgium and Chiang Mai would cover 53,400 km², about the same size as Croatia.
- Together they have 13.6 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
- Counted as a country, Chiang Mai would rank 150th by area and 153rd by population.
Side by side
| Belgium | Chiang Mai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 22,800 km²8,790 mi² |
| Official area | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 22,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 239worldwide | 1st of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 80th of 237worldwide | 5th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 386 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Brussels | Chiang Mai |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 17°N to 20°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 22,800 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,300 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