Brandenburg is 1.32× the size of Chiang Mai

Brandenburg (state of Germany) covers about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²) and Chiang Mai (province of Thailand) about 22,800 km² (8,790 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

30,000km²Brandenburg
22,800km²Chiang Mai

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Brandenburg
Chiang Mai

What fits

Chiang Mai is 76% of the size of Brandenburg.
Brandenburg is larger by 7,280 km² (2,810 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Chiang Mai.
Measured in Belgiums: Brandenburg is about 0.98, Chiang Mai about 0.74.

How they differ

Brandenburg also has the larger population: 2.5 million against 1.8 million, 1.42× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 84 in Brandenburg against 78 in Chiang Mai: Brandenburg is 1.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,050 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Brandenburg at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Chiang Mai at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Brandenburg as 3.19× the size of Chiang Mai instead of 1.32×.
Together Brandenburg and Chiang Mai cover 52,800 km², close to the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km², 1.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 7,280 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Chiang Mai's density, Brandenburg would have 2.4 million people (it has 2.5 million). At Brandenburg's density, Chiang Mai would have 1.9 million (it has 1.8 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 33.7° of latitude, about 3,740 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
Brandenburg is the 5th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 8.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Chiang Mai is the largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 4.4% of its area; it is the 64th most densely populated of them.
Brandenburg lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,740 km) north of Chiang Mai.
Shared out evenly, each person in Brandenburg would have about 11,850 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
Laid side by side, Brandenburg and Chiang Mai would cover 52,800 km², about the same size as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Together they have 4.3 million people, 97% as many people as Kuwait.

Side by side

	Brandenburg	Chiang Mai
Is a	StateGermany	ProvinceThailand
Area, measured	30,000 km²11,600 mi²	22,800 km²8,790 mi²
Official area	29,500 km²Wikidata	22,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	5th of 16in Germany	1st of 77in Thailand
Population	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	10th of 16in Germany	5th of 77in Thailand
Density	84 per km²	78 per km²
Capital	Potsdam	Chiang Mai
Latitude range	51°N to 54°N	17°N to 20°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 22,800 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,300 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
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

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