Kagoshima is 1.01× the size of Kamphaeng Phet

What fits

• Kamphaeng Phet is 99% of the size of Kagoshima.
• Kagoshima is larger by 103 km² (39.9 mi²), which is 1.2% of the area of Kamphaeng Phet.
• Measured in Belgiums: Kagoshima is about 0.29, Kamphaeng Phet about 0.29.

How they differ

• Kagoshima also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 714,000, 2.22× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 179 in Kagoshima against 82 in Kamphaeng Phet: Kagoshima is 2.20× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,530 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kagoshima at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Kamphaeng Phet at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Kagoshima as 1.27× the size of Kamphaeng Phet instead of 1.01×.
• Together Kagoshima and Kamphaeng Phet cover 17,600 km², close to the size of Kuwait (17,500 km², 0.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 103 km², is about the size of Maldives (109 km²).
• At Kamphaeng Phet's density, Kagoshima would have 723,000 people (it has 1.6 million). At Kagoshima's density, Kamphaeng Phet would have 1.6 million (it has 714,000).
• Kagoshima's centre is 14.7° of latitude, about 1,630 km, farther north than Kamphaeng Phet's.
• Kagoshima is the 10th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
• Kamphaeng Phet is the 22nd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 58th most densely populated of them.
• Kagoshima lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,630 km) north of Kamphaeng Phet.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Kagoshima would have about 5,580 m² and each person in Kamphaeng Phet about 12,250 m².
• Laid side by side, Kagoshima and Kamphaeng Phet would cover 17,600 km², about the same size as Kuwait.
• Together they have 2.3 million people, 95% as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 8,850 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,130 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 8,610 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,750 km², to within 2%.

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