Buriram is 1.15× the size of Kagoshima
Buriram (province of Thailand) covers about 10,100 km² (3,920 mi²) and Kagoshima (prefecture of Japan) about 8,850 km² (3,420 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 10,100km²Buriram
- 8,850km²Kagoshima
100 km
- Buriram
- Kagoshima
What fits
- Kagoshima is 87% of the size of Buriram.
- Buriram is larger by 1,290 km² (499 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Kagoshima.
- Measured in Belgiums: Buriram is about 0.33, Kagoshima about 0.29.
How they differ
- Buriram is larger, but Kagoshima has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.6 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 179 in Kagoshima against 156 in Buriram: Kagoshima is 1.15× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,320 km apart.
- On a standard web map Kagoshima looks larger than Buriram: Buriram at 15°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Kagoshima at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Kagoshima as 1.11× the size of Buriram, when Buriram is 1.15× the size of Kagoshima.
- Together Buriram and Kagoshima cover 19,000 km², close to the size of Fiji (18,900 km², 0.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,290 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Kagoshima's density, Buriram would have 1.8 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Buriram's density, Kagoshima would have 1.4 million (it has 1.6 million).
- Kagoshima's centre is 16.2° of latitude, about 1,800 km, farther north than Buriram's.
- Buriram is the 18th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
- Kagoshima is the 10th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
- Kagoshima lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,800 km) north of Buriram.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Buriram would have about 6,420 m² and each person in Kagoshima about 5,580 m².
- Laid side by side, Buriram and Kagoshima would cover 19,000 km², about the same size as Fiji.
- Together they have 3.2 million people, 93% as many people as Mongolia.
Side by side
| Buriram | Kagoshima | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceThailand | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 10,100 km²3,920 mi² | 8,850 km²3,420 mi² |
| Official area | 10,300 km²Wikidata | 9,130 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 18th of 77in Thailand | 10th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 6th of 77in Thailand | 24th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 156 per km² | 179 per km² |
| Capital | Buri Ram | Kagoshima |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 16°N | 27°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 10,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,100 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 8,850 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,130 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