Federal District is 1.36× the size of Nong Bua Lamphu

Federal District (federal district of Brazil) covers about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²) and Nong Bua Lamphu (province of Thailand) about 4,240 km² (1,640 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,790km²Federal District
4,240km²Nong Bua Lamphu

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Federal District
Nong Bua Lamphu

What fits

Nong Bua Lamphu is 73% of the size of Federal District.
Federal District is larger by 1,550 km² (597 mi²), which is 36% of the area of Nong Bua Lamphu.
Measured in Belgiums: Federal District is about 0.19, Nong Bua Lamphu about 0.14.

How they differ

Federal District also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 509,000, 5.53× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 120 in Nong Bua Lamphu: Federal District is 4.05× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 16,800 km apart.
Together Federal District and Nong Bua Lamphu cover 10,000 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,550 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Nong Bua Lamphu's density, Federal District would have 695,000 people (it has 2.8 million). At Federal District's density, Nong Bua Lamphu would have 2.1 million (it has 509,000).
Nong Bua Lamphu's centre is 32.9° of latitude, about 3,660 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.
Nong Bua Lamphu is the 49th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
Nong Bua Lamphu lies about 33° of latitude (roughly 3,660 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 Nong Bua Lamphu about 8,330 m².
Laid side by side, Federal District and Nong Bua Lamphu would cover 10,000 km², about the same size as Lebanon.
Together they have 3.3 million people, about as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

	Federal District	Nong Bua Lamphu
Is a	Federal DistrictBrazil	ProvinceThailand
Area, measured	5,790 km²2,240 mi²	4,240 km²1,640 mi²
Official area	5,760 km²Wikidata	3,860 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 27in Brazil	49th of 77in Thailand
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022	509,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	20th of 27in Brazil	53rd of 77in Thailand
Density	486 per km²	120 per km²
Capital	Brasília	Nong Bua Lam Phu
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 4,240 km² is 10.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,860 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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