Bueng Kan is 1.70× the size of Australian Capital Territory

What fits

• Australian Capital Territory is 59% of the size of Bueng Kan.
• Bueng Kan is larger by 1,640 km² (632 mi²), which is 70% of the area of Australian Capital Territory.
• Measured in Belgiums: Bueng Kan is about 0.13, Australian Capital Territory about 0.08.

How they differ

• Bueng Kan is larger, but Australian Capital Territory has the larger population: 482,000 against 422,000, 1.14× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 205 in Australian Capital Territory against 106 in Bueng Kan: Australian Capital Territory is 1.94× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,640 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Bueng Kan at 18°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Australian Capital Territory at 35°S about 1.5×, so the map shows Bueng Kan as 1.25× the size of Australian Capital Territory instead of 1.70×.
• Together Bueng Kan and Australian Capital Territory cover 6,340 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 4.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,640 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Australian Capital Territory's density, Bueng Kan would have 818,000 people (it has 422,000). At Bueng Kan's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 249,000 (it has 482,000).
• Bueng Kan's centre is 53.6° of latitude, about 5,970 km, farther north than Australian Capital Territory's.
• Bueng Kan is the 55th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 49th most densely populated of them.
• Australian Capital Territory is the 8th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Bueng Kan lies about 54° of latitude (roughly 5,970 km) north of Australian Capital Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Bueng Kan would have about 9,450 m² and each person in Australian Capital Territory about 4,880 m².
• Laid side by side, Bueng Kan and Australian Capital Territory would cover 6,340 km², 1.11× the size of Brunei.
• Together they have 904,000 people, about as many people as the Comoros.
• Australian Capital Territory is drawn from 52 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 3,990 km² is 7.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,310 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 2,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,350 km², to within 2%.

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