Galicia is 1.30× the size of Chiang Mai
Galicia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 29,600 km² (11,400 mi²) and Chiang Mai (province of Thailand) about 22,800 km² (8,790 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 29,600km²Galicia
- 22,800km²Chiang Mai
50 km
- Galicia
- Chiang Mai
What fits
- Chiang Mai is 77% of the size of Galicia.
- Galicia is larger by 6,830 km² (2,640 mi²), which is 30% of the area of Chiang Mai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Galicia is about 0.96, Chiang Mai about 0.74.
How they differ
- Galicia also has the larger population: 2.7 million against 1.8 million, 1.52× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 91 in Galicia against 78 in Chiang Mai: Galicia is 1.17× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,880 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Galicia at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Chiang Mai at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Galicia as 2.16× the size of Chiang Mai instead of 1.30×.
- Together Galicia and Chiang Mai cover 52,400 km², close to the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km², 1.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 6,830 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Chiang Mai's density, Galicia would have 2.3 million people (it has 2.7 million). At Galicia's density, Chiang Mai would have 2.1 million (it has 1.8 million).
- Galicia's centre is 24.0° of latitude, about 2,670 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
- Galicia is the 7th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 5.8% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- 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.
- Galicia lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,670 km) north of Chiang Mai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Galicia would have about 10,950 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
- Laid side by side, Galicia and Chiang Mai would cover 52,400 km², about the same size as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Together they have 4.5 million people, about as many people as Kuwait.
Side by side
| Galicia | Chiang Mai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 29,600 km²11,400 mi² | 22,800 km²8,790 mi² |
| Official area | 29,600 km²Wikidata | 22,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 7th of 19in Spain | 1st of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 2.7 millionWikidata, 2024 | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 5th of 19in Spain | 5th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 91 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | – | Chiang Mai |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 44°N | 17°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 29,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 29,600 km², to within 2%.
- 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.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Galicia is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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