Chaiyaphum is 1.16× the size of Murcia
Chaiyaphum (province of Thailand) covers about 13,200 km² (5,090 mi²) and Murcia (autonomous community of Spain) about 11,300 km² (4,370 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 13,200km²Chaiyaphum
- 11,300km²Murcia
50 km
- Chaiyaphum
- Murcia
What fits
- Murcia is 86% of the size of Chaiyaphum.
- Chaiyaphum is larger by 1,860 km² (719 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Murcia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Chaiyaphum is about 0.43, Murcia about 0.37.
How they differ
- Chaiyaphum is larger, but Murcia has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.1 million, 1.40× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 139 in Murcia against 85 in Chaiyaphum: Murcia is 1.63× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,000 km apart.
- On a standard web map Murcia looks larger than Chaiyaphum: Chaiyaphum at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Murcia at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Murcia as 1.28× the size of Chaiyaphum, when Chaiyaphum is 1.16× the size of Murcia.
- Together Chaiyaphum and Murcia cover 24,500 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 3.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,860 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Murcia's density, Chaiyaphum would have 1.8 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Chaiyaphum's density, Murcia would have 966,000 (it has 1.6 million).
- Murcia's centre is 22.0° of latitude, about 2,450 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.
- Murcia is the 9th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Murcia lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,450 km) north of Chaiyaphum.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Chaiyaphum would have about 11,710 m² and each person in Murcia about 7,190 m².
- Laid side by side, Chaiyaphum and Murcia would cover 24,500 km², 97% of the size of Rwanda.
- Together they have 2.7 million people, about as many people as Jamaica.
Side by side
| Chaiyaphum | Murcia | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceThailand | Autonomous communitySpain |
| Area, measured | 13,200 km²5,090 mi² | 11,300 km²4,370 mi² |
| Official area | 12,800 km²Wikidata | 11,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 77in Thailand | 9th of 19in Spain |
| Population | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 77in Thailand | 10th of 19in Spain |
| Density | 85 per km² | 139 per km² |
| Capital | Chaiyaphum | Murcia City |
| Latitude range | 15°N to 17°N | 37°N to 39°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. 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 11,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,300 km², to within 2%.
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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