Colorado is 172× the size of Bangkok
Colorado (state of the United States) covers about 269,000 km² (104,000 mi²) and Bangkok (special administrative area of Thailand) about 1,560 km² (604 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 269,000km²Colorado
- 1,560km²Bangkok
200 km
- Colorado
- Bangkok
What fits
- Bangkok fits inside Colorado about 172 times by area.
- Colorado is larger by 268,000 km² (103,000 mi²), which is 17,115% of the area of Bangkok.
- Measured in Belgiums: Colorado is about 8.78, Bangkok about 0.05.
How they differ
- Colorado also has the larger population: 5.8 million against 5.7 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,630 in Bangkok against 21 in Colorado: Bangkok is 169× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,500 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Colorado at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Bangkok at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Colorado as 269× the size of Bangkok instead of 172×.
- Together Colorado and Bangkok cover 271,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 268,000 km², is about the size of New Zealand (268,000 km²).
- At Bangkok's density, Colorado would have 977.2 million people (it has 5.8 million). At Colorado's density, Bangkok would have 34,000 (it has 5.7 million).
- Colorado's centre is 25.2° of latitude, about 2,810 km, farther north than Bangkok's.
- Colorado is the 8th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.8% of its area; it is the 38th most densely populated of them.
- Bangkok is the 69th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Colorado lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,810 km) north of Bangkok.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Colorado would have about 46,630 m² and each person in Bangkok about 280 m².
- Laid side by side, Colorado and Bangkok would cover 271,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
- Together they have 11.5 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.
- Bangkok is drawn from 40 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
Side by side
| Colorado | Bangkok | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | Special administrative areaThailand |
| Area, measured | 269,000 km²104,000 mi² | 1,560 km²604 mi² |
| Official area | 270,000 km²Wikidata | 1,570 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 51in the United States | 69th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 5.8 millionWikidata, 2020 | 5.7 millionWikidata, 2018 |
| Rank by population | 21st of 51in the United States | 1st of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 21 per km² | 3,630 per km² |
| Capital | Denver | – |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 41°N | 13°N to 14°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2018. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 270,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,570 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,560 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