Hauts-de-France is 1.41× the size of Chiang Mai

Hauts-de-France (region of France) covers about 32,000 km² (12,400 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.

32,000km²Hauts-de-France
22,800km²Chiang Mai

50 km

Hauts-de-France
Chiang Mai

What fits

Chiang Mai is 71% of the size of Hauts-de-France.
Hauts-de-France is larger by 9,230 km² (3,560 mi²), which is 41% of the area of Chiang Mai.
Measured in Belgiums: Hauts-de-France is about 1.04, Chiang Mai about 0.74.

How they differ

Hauts-de-France also has the larger population: 6.0 million against 1.8 million, 3.36× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 188 in Hauts-de-France against 78 in Chiang Mai: Hauts-de-France is 2.39× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,830 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hauts-de-France at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Chiang Mai at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Hauts-de-France as 3.04× the size of Chiang Mai instead of 1.41×.
Together Hauts-de-France and Chiang Mai cover 54,700 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 9,230 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Chiang Mai's density, Hauts-de-France would have 2.5 million people (it has 6.0 million). At Hauts-de-France's density, Chiang Mai would have 4.3 million (it has 1.8 million).
Hauts-de-France's centre is 31.2° of latitude, about 3,470 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
Hauts-de-France is the 9th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% 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.
Hauts-de-France lies about 31° of latitude (roughly 3,470 km) north of Chiang Mai.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hauts-de-France would have about 5,330 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
Laid side by side, Hauts-de-France and Chiang Mai would cover 54,700 km², about the same size as Croatia.
Together they have 7.8 million people, about as many people as Togo.

Side by side

	Hauts-de-France	Chiang Mai
Is a	RegionFrance	ProvinceThailand
Area, measured	32,000 km²12,400 mi²	22,800 km²8,790 mi²
Official area	31,800 km²Wikidata	22,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	9th of 18in France	1st of 77in Thailand
Population	6.0 millionWikidata, 2022	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	5th of 18in France	5th of 77in Thailand
Density	188 per km²	78 per km²
Capital	Lille	Chiang Mai
Latitude range	49°N to 51°N	17°N to 20°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 31,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,000 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 Hauts-de-France is the departments 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

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