Kanchanaburi is 1.29× the size of Iwate
Kanchanaburi (province of Thailand) covers about 20,000 km² (7,710 mi²) and Iwate (prefecture of Japan) about 15,500 km² (5,970 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 20,000km²Kanchanaburi
- 15,500km²Iwate
50 km
- Kanchanaburi
- Iwate
What fits
- Iwate is 78% of the size of Kanchanaburi.
- Kanchanaburi is larger by 4,480 km² (1,730 mi²), which is 29% of the area of Iwate.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kanchanaburi is about 0.65, Iwate about 0.50.
How they differ
- Kanchanaburi is larger, but Iwate has the larger population: 1.2 million against 892,000, 1.35× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 78 in Iwate against 45 in Kanchanaburi: Iwate is 1.74× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,960 km apart.
- On a standard web map Iwate looks larger than Kanchanaburi: Kanchanaburi at 15°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Iwate as 1.22× the size of Kanchanaburi, when Kanchanaburi is 1.29× the size of Iwate.
- Together Kanchanaburi and Iwate cover 35,400 km², close to the size of Taiwan (36,200 km², 2.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 4,480 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- At Iwate's density, Kanchanaburi would have 1.6 million people (it has 892,000). At Kanchanaburi's density, Iwate would have 692,000 (it has 1.2 million).
- Iwate's centre is 25.0° of latitude, about 2,780 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.
- Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
- Iwate lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,780 km) north of Kanchanaburi.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kanchanaburi would have about 22,370 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
- Laid side by side, Kanchanaburi and Iwate would cover 35,400 km², 95% of the size of the Netherlands.
- Together they have 2.1 million people, about as many people as Slovenia.
Side by side
| Kanchanaburi | Iwate | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceThailand | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 20,000 km²7,710 mi² | 15,500 km²5,970 mi² |
| Official area | 19,500 km²Wikidata | 15,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 77in Thailand | 2nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 892,000Wikidata, 2020 | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 26th of 77in Thailand | 32nd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 45 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Kanchanaburi | Morioka |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 16°N | 39°N to 40°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. 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 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 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