Kuwait is 1.07× the size of Tak

What fits

• Tak is 94% of the size of Kuwait.
• Kuwait is larger by 1,100 km² (423 mi²), which is 6.7% of the area of Tak.
• Measured in Belgiums: Kuwait is about 0.57, Tak about 0.53.

How they differ

• Kuwait also has the larger population: 4.5 million against 670,000, 6.66× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 255 in Kuwait against 41 in Tak: Kuwait is 6.24× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,380 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kuwait at 29°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Tak at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Kuwait as 1.29× the size of Tak instead of 1.07×.
• Together Kuwait and Tak cover 33,900 km², close to the size of Moldova (33,200 km², 1.9% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,100 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Tak's density, Kuwait would have 715,000 people (it has 4.5 million). At Kuwait's density, Tak would have 4.2 million (it has 670,000).
• Kuwait's centre is 12.6° of latitude, about 1,410 km, farther north than Tak's.
• Kuwait ranks 158th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Tak is the 4th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 3.2% of its area; it is the 75th most densely populated of them.
• Kuwait lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,410 km) north of Tak.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Kuwait would have about 3,910 m² and each person in Tak about 24,430 m².
• Laid side by side, Kuwait and Tak would cover 33,900 km², about the same size as Moldova.
• Together they have 5.1 million people, about as many people as Nicaragua.
• Counted as a country, Tak would rank 159th by area and 167th by population.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 17,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 17,500 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,400 km², to within 2%.

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