Federal District is 1.01× the size of Nakhon Phanom

Federal District (federal district of Brazil) covers about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²) and Nakhon Phanom (province of Thailand) about 5,720 km² (2,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,790km²Federal District
5,720km²Nakhon Phanom

20 km

Federal District
Nakhon Phanom

What fits

Nakhon Phanom is 99% of the size of Federal District.
Federal District is larger by 70.2 km² (27.1 mi²), which is 1.2% of the area of Nakhon Phanom.
Measured in Belgiums: Federal District is about 0.19, Nakhon Phanom about 0.19.

How they differ

Federal District also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 717,000, 3.93× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 125 in Nakhon Phanom: Federal District is 3.88× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 17,100 km apart.
On a standard web map Nakhon Phanom looks larger than Federal District: Federal District at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Nakhon Phanom at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Nakhon Phanom as 1.00× the size of Federal District, when Federal District is 1.01× the size of Nakhon Phanom.
Together Federal District and Nakhon Phanom cover 11,500 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 0.7% bigger).
At Nakhon Phanom's density, Federal District would have 726,000 people (it has 2.8 million). At Federal District's density, Nakhon Phanom would have 2.8 million (it has 717,000).
Nakhon Phanom's centre is 33.1° of latitude, about 3,690 km, farther north than Federal District's.
Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Nakhon Phanom is the 39th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 39th most densely populated of them.
Nakhon Phanom lies about 33° of latitude (roughly 3,690 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Federal District would have about 2,060 m² and each person in Nakhon Phanom about 7,980 m².
Laid side by side, Federal District and Nakhon Phanom would cover 11,500 km², 1.03× the size of Qatar.
Together they have 3.5 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

	Federal District	Nakhon Phanom
Is a	Federal DistrictBrazil	ProvinceThailand
Area, measured	5,790 km²2,240 mi²	5,720 km²2,210 mi²
Official area	5,760 km²Wikidata	5,510 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 27in Brazil	39th of 77in Thailand
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022	717,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	20th of 27in Brazil	37th of 77in Thailand
Density	486 per km²	125 per km²
Capital	Brasília	Nakhon Phanom
Latitude range	16°S to 15°S	17°N to 18°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 5,720 km² is 3.8% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,510 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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

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