Djibouti is 1.62× the size of Surat Thani

What fits

• Surat Thani is 62% of the size of Djibouti.
• Djibouti is larger by 8,400 km² (3,240 mi²), which is 62% of the area of Surat Thani.
• Measured in Belgiums: Djibouti is about 0.71, Surat Thani about 0.44.

How they differ

• Djibouti also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 1.1 million, 1.08× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 79 in Surat Thani against 53 in Djibouti: Surat Thani is 1.50× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,180 km apart.
• Together Djibouti and Surat Thani cover 35,300 km², close to the size of Taiwan (36,200 km², 2.6% bigger).
• The gap between them, 8,400 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At Surat Thani's density, Djibouti would have 1.7 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Djibouti's density, Surat Thani would have 710,000 (it has 1.1 million).
• Djibouti's centre is 2.7° of latitude, about 300 km, farther north than Surat Thani's.
• Djibouti ranks 153rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Surat Thani is the 7th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 61st most densely populated of them.
• Djibouti lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 301 km) north of Surat Thani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Djibouti would have about 18,950 m² and each person in Surat Thani about 12,590 m².
• Laid side by side, Djibouti and Surat Thani would cover 35,300 km², 95% of the size of the Netherlands.
• Together they have 2.2 million people, 1.07× as many people as Slovenia.
• Counted as a country, Surat Thani would rank 161st by area and 162nd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 21,800 km² is 5.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Our measured 13,400 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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