Bhutan is 9.13× the size of Narathiwat
Bhutan (Asia) covers about 40,400 km² (15,600 mi²) and Narathiwat (province of Thailand) about 4,430 km² (1,710 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 40,400km²Bhutan
- 4,430km²Narathiwat
100 km
- Bhutan
- Narathiwat
What fits
- Narathiwat fits inside Bhutan about 9.13 times by area.
- Bhutan is larger by 36,000 km² (13,900 mi²), which is 813% of the area of Narathiwat.
- Measured in Belgiums: Bhutan is about 1.32, Narathiwat about 0.14.
How they differ
- Bhutan is larger, but Narathiwat has the larger population: 804,000 against 787,000, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 182 in Narathiwat against 19 in Bhutan: Narathiwat is 9.32× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,650 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Bhutan at 27°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Narathiwat at 6°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Bhutan as 11.4× the size of Narathiwat instead of 9.13×.
- Together Bhutan and Narathiwat cover 44,900 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 2.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 36,000 km², is about the size of Taiwan (36,200 km²).
- At Narathiwat's density, Bhutan would have 7.3 million people (it has 787,000). At Bhutan's density, Narathiwat would have 86,000 (it has 804,000).
- Bhutan's centre is 21.3° of latitude, about 2,360 km, farther north than Narathiwat's.
- Bhutan ranks 136th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Narathiwat is the 46th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
- Bhutan lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,360 km) north of Narathiwat.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Bhutan would have about 51,330 m² and each person in Narathiwat about 5,510 m².
- Laid side by side, Bhutan and Narathiwat would cover 44,900 km², about the same size as Estonia.
- Together they have 1.6 million people, 1.14× as many people as East Timor.
- Counted as a country, Narathiwat would rank 175th by area and 165th by population.
Side by side
| Bhutan | Narathiwat | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAsia | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 40,400 km²15,600 mi² | 4,430 km²1,710 mi² |
| Official area | 38,400 km²Wikidata | 4,480 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 135th of 239worldwide | 46th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 787,000Wikidata, 2023 | 804,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 165th of 237worldwide | 31st of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 19 per km² | 182 per km² |
| Capital | Thimphu | Narathiwat |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 28°N | 6°N to 7°N |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 40,400 km² is 5.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 38,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,480 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,430 km², to within 2%.
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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
