Belgium is 1.54× the size of Kanchanaburi
Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Kanchanaburi (province of Thailand) about 20,000 km² (7,710 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 20,000km²Kanchanaburi
50 km
- Belgium
- Kanchanaburi
What fits
- Kanchanaburi is 65% of the size of Belgium.
- Belgium is larger by 10,700 km² (4,140 mi²), which is 54% of the area of Kanchanaburi.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Kanchanaburi about 0.48.
How they differ
- Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 892,000, 13.3× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 45 in Kanchanaburi: Belgium is 8.63× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,060 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Kanchanaburi at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Belgium as 3.58× the size of Kanchanaburi instead of 1.54×.
- Together Belgium and Kanchanaburi cover 50,600 km², close to the size of Costa Rica (51,200 km², 1.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 10,700 km², is about the size of Kosovo (10,900 km²).
- At Kanchanaburi's density, Belgium would have 1.4 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Kanchanaburi would have 7.7 million (it has 892,000).
- Belgium's centre is 36.1° of latitude, about 4,010 km, farther north than Kanchanaburi's.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Kanchanaburi is the 3rd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 3.9% of its area; it is the 74th most densely populated of them.
- Belgium lies about 36° of latitude (roughly 4,010 km) north of Kanchanaburi.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Kanchanaburi about 22,370 m².
- Laid side by side, Belgium and Kanchanaburi would cover 50,600 km², about the same size as Costa Rica.
- Together they have 12.7 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
- Counted as a country, Kanchanaburi would rank 155th by area and 164th by population.
Side by side
| Belgium | Kanchanaburi | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 20,000 km²7,710 mi² |
| Official area | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 19,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 239worldwide | 3rd of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 | 892,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 80th of 237worldwide | 26th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 386 per km² | 45 per km² |
| Capital | Brussels | Kanchanaburi |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 14°N to 16°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 20,000 km² is 2.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 19,500 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