Iceland is 40.3× the size of Satun
Iceland (Europe) covers about 102,000 km² (39,500 mi²) and Satun (province of Thailand) about 2,540 km² (981 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 102,000km²Iceland
- 2,540km²Satun
100 km
- Iceland
- Satun
What fits
- Satun fits inside Iceland about 40.3 times by area.
- Iceland is larger by 99,900 km² (38,600 mi²), which is 3,932% of the area of Satun.
- Measured in Belgiums: Iceland is about 3.34, Satun about 0.08.
How they differ
- Iceland also has the larger population: 364,000 against 324,000, 1.12× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 128 in Satun against 3.6 in Iceland: Satun is 35.9× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Iceland at 65°N is drawn about 5.6× too large and Satun at 7°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Iceland as 223× the size of Satun instead of 40.3×.
- Together Iceland and Satun cover 105,000 km², close to the size of Guatemala (109,000 km², 3.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 99,900 km², is about the size of South Korea (98,500 km²).
- At Satun's density, Iceland would have 13.1 million people (it has 364,000). At Iceland's density, Satun would have 9,040 (it has 324,000).
- Iceland's centre is 58.2° of latitude, about 6,470 km, farther north than Satun's.
- Iceland ranks 108th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Satun is the 63rd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 36th most densely populated of them.
- Iceland lies about 58° of latitude (roughly 6,470 km) north of Satun.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Iceland would have about 281,090 m² and each person in Satun about 7,840 m².
- Laid side by side, Iceland and Satun would cover 105,000 km², 96% of the size of Guatemala.
- Together they have 688,000 people, about as many people as Luxembourg.
- Counted as a country, Satun would rank 181st by area and 178th by population.
Side by side
| Iceland | Satun | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 102,000 km²39,500 mi² | 2,540 km²981 mi² |
| Official area | 103,000 km²Wikidata | 2,480 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 107th of 239worldwide | 63rd of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 364,000Wikidata, 2019 | 324,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 177th of 237worldwide | 68th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 3.6 per km² | 128 per km² |
| Capital | Reykjavík | Satun |
| Latitude range | 63°N to 67°N | 6°N to 7°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 2,540 km² is 2.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,480 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 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