Belgium is 1.87× the size of Tak

What fits

• Tak is 53% of the size of Belgium.
• Belgium is larger by 14,300 km² (5,520 mi²), which is 87% of the area of Tak.
• Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Tak about 0.40.

How they differ

• Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 670,000, 17.6× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 41 in Tak: Belgium is 9.42× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,870 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Tak at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Belgium as 4.27× the size of Tak instead of 1.87×.
• Together Belgium and Tak cover 47,000 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 2.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 14,300 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
• At Tak's density, Belgium would have 1.3 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Tak would have 6.3 million (it has 670,000).
• Belgium's centre is 33.9° of latitude, about 3,770 km, farther north than Tak's.
• Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Tak is the 4th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 3.2% of its area; it is the 75th most densely populated of them.
• Belgium lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,770 km) north of Tak.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Tak about 24,430 m².
• Laid side by side, Belgium and Tak would cover 47,000 km², about the same size as Estonia.
• Together they have 12.5 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
• Counted as a country, Tak would rank 159th by area and 167th 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 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,400 km², to within 2%.

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