Guanajuato is 1.34× the size of Chiang Mai
Guanajuato (state of Mexico) covers about 30,400 km² (11,700 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.
- 30,400km²Guanajuato
- 22,800km²Chiang Mai
50 km
- Guanajuato
- Chiang Mai
What fits
- Chiang Mai is 75% of the size of Guanajuato.
- Guanajuato is larger by 7,660 km² (2,960 mi²), which is 34% of the area of Chiang Mai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Guanajuato is about 0.99, Chiang Mai about 0.74.
How they differ
- Guanajuato also has the larger population: 5.9 million against 1.8 million, 3.28× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 192 in Guanajuato against 78 in Chiang Mai: Guanajuato is 2.45× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 15,100 km apart.
- Together Guanajuato and Chiang Mai cover 53,200 km², close to the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km², 2.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 7,660 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Chiang Mai's density, Guanajuato would have 2.4 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Guanajuato's density, Chiang Mai would have 4.4 million (it has 1.8 million).
- Guanajuato's centre is 2.1° of latitude, about 230 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
- Guanajuato is the 22nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 6th 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.
- Guanajuato lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 234 km) north of Chiang Mai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Guanajuato would have about 5,200 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
- Laid side by side, Guanajuato and Chiang Mai would cover 53,200 km², about the same size as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Together they have 7.6 million people, about as many people as Sierra Leone.
Side by side
| Guanajuato | Chiang Mai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 30,400 km²11,700 mi² | 22,800 km²8,790 mi² |
| Official area | 30,600 km²Wikidata | 22,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 22nd of 32in Mexico | 1st of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2015 | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 6th of 32in Mexico | 5th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 192 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Guanajuato | Chiang Mai |
| Latitude range | 20°N to 22°N | 17°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,400 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
- 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