Belgium is 2.26× the size of Mae Hong Son
Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Mae Hong Son (province of Thailand) about 13,600 km² (5,250 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 13,600km²Mae Hong Son
50 km
- Belgium
- Mae Hong Son
What fits
- Mae Hong Son fits inside Belgium about 2.26 times by area.
- Belgium is larger by 17,100 km² (6,590 mi²), which is 126% of the area of Mae Hong Son.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Mae Hong Son about 0.33.
How they differ
- Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 285,000, 41.6× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 21 in Mae Hong Son: Belgium is 18.4× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,640 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Mae Hong Son at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Belgium as 5.03× the size of Mae Hong Son instead of 2.26×.
- Together Belgium and Mae Hong Son cover 44,300 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 3.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 17,100 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
- At Mae Hong Son's density, Belgium would have 642,000 people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Mae Hong Son would have 5.2 million (it has 285,000).
- Belgium's centre is 31.9° of latitude, about 3,550 km, farther north than Mae Hong Son's.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Mae Hong Son is the 6th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 77th most densely populated of them.
- Belgium lies about 32° of latitude (roughly 3,550 km) north of Mae Hong Son.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Mae Hong Son about 47,770 m².
- Laid side by side, Belgium and Mae Hong Son would cover 44,300 km², 97% of the size of Estonia.
- Together they have 12.1 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.
- Counted as a country, Mae Hong Son would rank 161st by area and 180th by population.
Side by side
| Belgium | Mae Hong Son | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 13,600 km²5,250 mi² |
| Official area | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 12,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 239worldwide | 6th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 | 285,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 80th of 237worldwide | 70th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 386 per km² | 21 per km² |
| Capital | Brussels | Mae Hong Son |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 18°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 13,600 km² is 7.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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