Belgium is 2.28× the size of Surat Thani

What fits

• Surat Thani fits inside Belgium about 2.28 times by area.
• Belgium is larger by 17,200 km² (6,650 mi²), which is 128% of the area of Surat Thani.
• Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Surat Thani about 0.32.

How they differ

• Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 1.1 million, 11.1× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 79 in Surat Thani: Belgium is 4.86× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,540 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Surat Thani at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Belgium as 5.53× the size of Surat Thani instead of 2.28×.
• Together Belgium and Surat Thani cover 44,100 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 3.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 17,200 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
• At Surat Thani's density, Belgium would have 2.4 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Surat Thani would have 5.2 million (it has 1.1 million).
• Belgium's centre is 41.6° of latitude, about 4,630 km, farther north than Surat Thani's.
• Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Surat Thani is the 7th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 61st most densely populated of them.
• Belgium lies about 42° of latitude (roughly 4,630 km) north of Surat Thani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Surat Thani about 12,590 m².
• Laid side by side, Belgium and Surat Thani would cover 44,100 km², 1.03× the size of Denmark.
• Together they have 12.9 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
• Counted as a country, Surat Thani would rank 161st by area and 162nd 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%.
• Our measured 13,400 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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