Kanchanaburi is 1.23× the size of Beijing
Kanchanaburi (province of Thailand) covers about 20,000 km² (7,710 mi²) and Beijing (municipality of China) about 16,300 km² (6,270 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 20,000km²Kanchanaburi
- 16,300km²Beijing
50 km
- Kanchanaburi
- Beijing
What fits
- Beijing is 81% of the size of Kanchanaburi.
- Kanchanaburi is larger by 3,700 km² (1,430 mi²), which is 23% of the area of Beijing.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kanchanaburi is about 0.65, Beijing about 0.53.
How they differ
- Kanchanaburi is larger, but Beijing has the larger population: 21.9 million against 892,000, 24.5× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,347 in Beijing against 45 in Kanchanaburi: Beijing is 30.1× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,310 km apart.
- On a standard web map Beijing looks larger than Kanchanaburi: Kanchanaburi at 15°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Beijing at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Beijing as 1.31× the size of Kanchanaburi, when Kanchanaburi is 1.23× the size of Beijing.
- Together Kanchanaburi and Beijing cover 36,200 km², close to the size of Taiwan (36,200 km², 0.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 3,700 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- At Beijing's density, Kanchanaburi would have 26.9 million people (it has 892,000). At Kanchanaburi's density, Beijing would have 726,000 (it has 21.9 million).
- Beijing's centre is 25.6° of latitude, about 2,850 km, farther north than Kanchanaburi's.
- Kanchanaburi is the 3rd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 3.9% of its area; it is the 74th most densely populated of them.
- Beijing is the 29th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Beijing lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,850 km) north of Kanchanaburi.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kanchanaburi would have about 22,370 m² and each person in Beijing about 740 m².
- Laid side by side, Kanchanaburi and Beijing would cover 36,200 km², about the same size as the Netherlands.
- Together they have 22.8 million people, about as many people as Burkina Faso.
Side by side
| Kanchanaburi | Beijing | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceThailand | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 20,000 km²7,710 mi² | 16,300 km²6,270 mi² |
| Official area | 19,500 km²Wikidata | 16,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 77in Thailand | 29th of 31in China |
| Population | 892,000Wikidata, 2020 | 21.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 26th of 77in Thailand | 26th of 31in China |
| Density | 45 per km² | 1,347 per km² |
| Capital | Kanchanaburi | – |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 16°N | 39°N to 41°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 20,000 km² is 2.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 19,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,300 km², to within 2%.
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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