Chiang Mai is 1.40× the size of Beijing
Chiang Mai (province of Thailand) covers about 22,800 km² (8,790 mi²) and Beijing (municipality of China) about 16,300 km² (6,270 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 22,800km²Chiang Mai
- 16,300km²Beijing
50 km
- Chiang Mai
- Beijing
What fits
- Beijing is 71% of the size of Chiang Mai.
- Chiang Mai is larger by 6,510 km² (2,510 mi²), which is 40% of the area of Beijing.
- Measured in Belgiums: Chiang Mai is about 0.74, Beijing about 0.53.
How they differ
- Chiang Mai is larger, but Beijing has the larger population: 21.9 million against 1.8 million, 12.3× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,347 in Beijing against 78 in Chiang Mai: Beijing is 17.2× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,920 km apart.
- On a standard web map Beijing looks larger than Chiang Mai: Chiang Mai at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Beijing at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Beijing as 1.10× the size of Chiang Mai, when Chiang Mai is 1.40× the size of Beijing.
- Together Chiang Mai and Beijing cover 39,000 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 3.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 6,510 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Beijing's density, Chiang Mai would have 30.7 million people (it has 1.8 million). At Chiang Mai's density, Beijing would have 1.3 million (it has 21.9 million).
- Beijing's centre is 21.4° of latitude, about 2,380 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
- 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.
- Beijing is the 29th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Beijing lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,380 km) north of Chiang Mai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Chiang Mai would have about 12,750 m² and each person in Beijing about 740 m².
- Laid side by side, Chiang Mai and Beijing would cover 39,000 km², 97% of the size of Bhutan.
- Together they have 23.7 million people, about as many people as Syria.
Side by side
| Chiang Mai | Beijing | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceThailand | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 22,800 km²8,790 mi² | 16,300 km²6,270 mi² |
| Official area | 22,300 km²Wikidata | 16,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 1st of 77in Thailand | 29th of 31in China |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 | 21.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 5th of 77in Thailand | 26th of 31in China |
| Density | 78 per km² | 1,347 per km² |
| Capital | Chiang Mai | – |
| Latitude range | 17°N to 20°N | 39°N to 41°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- 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.
- Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,300 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