Chaiyaphum is 3.20× the size of Ishikawa

What fits

• Ishikawa fits inside Chaiyaphum about 3.20 times by area.
• Chaiyaphum is larger by 9,060 km² (3,500 mi²), which is 220% of the area of Ishikawa.
• Measured in Belgiums: Chaiyaphum is about 0.43, Ishikawa about 0.13.

How they differ

• Chaiyaphum is larger, but Ishikawa has the larger population: 1.1 million against 1.1 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 275 in Ishikawa against 85 in Chaiyaphum: Ishikawa is 3.22× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,140 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Chaiyaphum at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Ishikawa at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Chaiyaphum as 2.22× the size of Ishikawa instead of 3.20×.
• Together Chaiyaphum and Ishikawa cover 17,300 km², close to the size of Eswatini (17,100 km², 1.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 9,060 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At Ishikawa's density, Chaiyaphum would have 3.6 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Chaiyaphum's density, Ishikawa would have 351,000 (it has 1.1 million).
• Ishikawa's centre is 20.8° of latitude, about 2,310 km, farther north than Chaiyaphum's.
• Chaiyaphum is the 8th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 56th most densely populated of them.
• Ishikawa is the 36th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
• Ishikawa lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,310 km) north of Chaiyaphum.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Chaiyaphum would have about 11,710 m² and each person in Ishikawa about 3,630 m².
• Laid side by side, Chaiyaphum and Ishikawa would cover 17,300 km², about the same size as Eswatini.
• Together they have 2.3 million people, 94% as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 13,200 km² is 3.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 4,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,110 km², to within 2%.

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