Chiang Mai is 3.91× the size of Mie
Chiang Mai (province of Thailand) covers about 22,800 km² (8,790 mi²) and Mie (prefecture of Japan) about 5,820 km² (2,250 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 22,800km²Chiang Mai
- 5,820km²Mie
50 km
- Chiang Mai
- Mie
What fits
- Mie fits inside Chiang Mai about 3.91 times by area.
- Chiang Mai is larger by 16,900 km² (6,540 mi²), which is 291% of the area of Mie.
- Measured in Belgiums: Chiang Mai is about 0.74, Mie about 0.19.
How they differ
- Chiang Mai also has the larger population: 1.8 million against 1.8 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 304 in Mie against 78 in Chiang Mai: Mie is 3.88× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,100 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Chiang Mai at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Mie at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Chiang Mai as 2.96× the size of Mie instead of 3.91×.
- Together Chiang Mai and Mie cover 28,600 km², close to the size of Albania (28,300 km², 0.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 16,900 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
- At Mie's density, Chiang Mai would have 6.9 million people (it has 1.8 million). At Chiang Mai's density, Mie would have 456,000 (it has 1.8 million).
- Mie's centre is 15.7° of latitude, about 1,750 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.
- Mie is the 25th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
- Mie lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,750 km) north of Chiang Mai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Chiang Mai would have about 12,750 m² and each person in Mie about 3,290 m².
- Laid side by side, Chiang Mai and Mie would cover 28,600 km², about the same size as Albania.
- Together they have 3.6 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.
Side by side
| Chiang Mai | Mie | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceThailand | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 22,800 km²8,790 mi² | 5,820 km²2,250 mi² |
| Official area | 22,300 km²Wikidata | 5,780 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 1st of 77in Thailand | 25th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 5th of 77in Thailand | 22nd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 78 per km² | 304 per km² |
| Capital | Chiang Mai | Tsu |
| Latitude range | 17°N to 20°N | 34°N to 35°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 5,780 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,820 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