Belgium is 1.48× the size of Nakhon Ratchasima

What fits

• Nakhon Ratchasima is 68% of the size of Belgium.
• Belgium is larger by 9,910 km² (3,830 mi²), which is 48% of the area of Nakhon Ratchasima.
• Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Nakhon Ratchasima about 0.50.

How they differ

• Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 2.6 million, 4.49× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 127 in Nakhon Ratchasima: Belgium is 3.04× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,240 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Nakhon Ratchasima at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Belgium as 3.43× the size of Nakhon Ratchasima instead of 1.48×.
• Together Belgium and Nakhon Ratchasima cover 51,400 km², close to the size of Costa Rica (51,200 km², 0.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 9,910 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At Nakhon Ratchasima's density, Belgium would have 3.9 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Nakhon Ratchasima would have 8.0 million (it has 2.6 million).
• Belgium's centre is 35.7° of latitude, about 3,970 km, farther north than Nakhon Ratchasima's.
• Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Nakhon Ratchasima is the 2nd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 4.0% of its area; it is the 37th most densely populated of them.
• Belgium lies about 36° of latitude (roughly 3,970 km) north of Nakhon Ratchasima.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Nakhon Ratchasima about 7,880 m².
• Laid side by side, Belgium and Nakhon Ratchasima would cover 51,400 km², about the same size as Costa Rica.
• Together they have 14.5 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.
• Counted as a country, Nakhon Ratchasima would rank 153rd by area and 143rd by population.

Side by side

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%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 20,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,800 km², to within 2%.

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