Gifu is 1.02× the size of Phitsanulok
Gifu (prefecture of Japan) covers about 10,700 km² (4,130 mi²) and Phitsanulok (province of Thailand) about 10,500 km² (4,060 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 10,700km²Gifu
- 10,500km²Phitsanulok
20 km
- Gifu
- Phitsanulok
What fits
- Phitsanulok is 98% of the size of Gifu.
- Gifu is larger by 178 km² (68.9 mi²), which is 1.7% of the area of Phitsanulok.
- Measured in Belgiums: Gifu is about 0.35, Phitsanulok about 0.34.
How they differ
- Gifu also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 849,000, 2.33× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 185 in Gifu against 81 in Phitsanulok: Gifu is 2.29× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,160 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Gifu at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Phitsanulok at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Gifu as 1.41× the size of Phitsanulok instead of 1.02×.
- Together Gifu and Phitsanulok cover 21,200 km², close to the size of Djibouti (21,800 km², 3.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 178 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
- At Phitsanulok's density, Gifu would have 864,000 people (it has 2.0 million). At Gifu's density, Phitsanulok would have 1.9 million (it has 849,000).
- Gifu's centre is 18.8° of latitude, about 2,090 km, farther north than Phitsanulok's.
- Gifu is the 7th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
- Phitsanulok is the 15th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 59th most densely populated of them.
- Gifu lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,090 km) north of Phitsanulok.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Gifu would have about 5,410 m² and each person in Phitsanulok about 12,370 m².
- Laid side by side, Gifu and Phitsanulok would cover 21,200 km², about the same size as Djibouti.
- Together they have 2.8 million people, about as many people as Albania.
Side by side
| Gifu | Phitsanulok | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 10,700 km²4,130 mi² | 10,500 km²4,060 mi² |
| Official area | 10,600 km²Wikidata | 10,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 7th of 47in Japan | 15th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2020 | 849,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 17th of 47in Japan | 28th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 185 per km² | 81 per km² |
| Capital | Gifu | Phitsanulok |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N | 16°N to 18°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 10,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,700 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 10,500 km² is 2.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 10,800 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