Iceland is 17.1× the size of Phayao
Iceland (Europe) covers about 102,000 km² (39,500 mi²) and Phayao (province of Thailand) about 5,990 km² (2,310 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 102,000km²Iceland
- 5,990km²Phayao
100 km
- Iceland
- Phayao
What fits
- Phayao fits inside Iceland about 17.1 times by area.
- Iceland is larger by 96,400 km² (37,200 mi²), which is 1,608% of the area of Phayao.
- Measured in Belgiums: Iceland is about 3.34, Phayao about 0.20.
How they differ
- Iceland is larger, but Phayao has the larger population: 467,000 against 364,000, 1.28× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 78 in Phayao against 3.6 in Iceland: Phayao is 21.9× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,330 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Iceland at 65°N is drawn about 5.6× too large and Phayao at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Iceland as 85.3× the size of Phayao instead of 17.1×.
- Together Iceland and Phayao cover 108,000 km², close to the size of Guatemala (109,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 96,400 km², is about the size of Liberia (95,300 km²).
- At Phayao's density, Iceland would have 8.0 million people (it has 364,000). At Iceland's density, Phayao would have 21,000 (it has 467,000).
- Iceland's centre is 45.8° of latitude, about 5,090 km, farther north than Phayao's.
- Iceland ranks 108th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Phayao is the 35th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 65th most densely populated of them.
- Iceland lies about 46° of latitude (roughly 5,090 km) north of Phayao.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Iceland would have about 281,090 m² and each person in Phayao about 12,830 m².
- Laid side by side, Iceland and Phayao would cover 108,000 km², about the same size as Guatemala.
- Together they have 832,000 people, 1.06× as many people as Bhutan.
- Counted as a country, Phayao would rank 172nd by area and 174th by population.
Side by side
| Iceland | Phayao | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 102,000 km²39,500 mi² | 5,990 km²2,310 mi² |
| Official area | 103,000 km²Wikidata | 6,340 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 107th of 239worldwide | 35th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 364,000Wikidata, 2019 | 467,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 177th of 237worldwide | 59th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 3.6 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Reykjavík | Phayao |
| Latitude range | 63°N to 67°N | 19°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 103,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 102,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 5,990 km² is 5.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 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 for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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