Belize is 40.0× the size of Phuket
Belize (North America) covers about 22,300 km² (8,610 mi²) and Phuket (province of Thailand) about 557 km² (215 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 22,300km²Belize
- 557km²Phuket
50 km
- Belize
- Phuket
What fits
- Phuket fits inside Belize about 40.0 times by area.
- Belize is larger by 21,700 km² (8,390 mi²), which is 3,903% of the area of Phuket.
- Measured in Belgiums: Belize is about 0.73, Phuket about 0.02.
How they differ
- Belize is larger, but Phuket has the larger population: 414,000 against 411,000, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 744 in Phuket against 18 in Belize: Phuket is 40.4× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 17,100 km apart.
- Together Belize and Phuket cover 22,900 km², close to the size of Israel (22,100 km², 3.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 21,700 km², is about the size of Djibouti (21,800 km²).
- At Phuket's density, Belize would have 16.6 million people (it has 411,000). At Belize's density, Phuket would have 10,000 (it has 414,000).
- Belize's centre is 9.2° of latitude, about 1,030 km, farther north than Phuket's.
- Belize ranks 151st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Phuket is the 76th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Belize lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,030 km) north of Phuket.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belize would have about 54,240 m² and each person in Phuket about 1,340 m².
- Laid side by side, Belize and Phuket would cover 22,900 km², 1.05× the size of Djibouti.
- Together they have 826,000 people, 1.05× as many people as Bhutan.
- Phuket is drawn from 37 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
- Counted as a country, Phuket would rank 195th by area and 175th by population.
Side by side
| Belize | Phuket | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryNorth America | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 22,300 km²8,610 mi² | 557 km²215 mi² |
| Official area | 23,000 km²Wikidata | 543 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 150th of 239worldwide | 76th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 411,000Wikidata, 2023 | 414,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 175th of 237worldwide | 63rd of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 18 per km² | 744 per km² |
| Capital | Belmopan | Phuket |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 18°N | 8°N to 8°N |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 22,300 km² is 2.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 23,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Our measured 557 km² is 2.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 543 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