Lampang is 1.01× the size of Niigata
Lampang (province of Thailand) covers about 12,500 km² (4,830 mi²) and Niigata (prefecture of Japan) about 12,500 km² (4,810 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 12,500km²Lampang
- 12,500km²Niigata
50 km
- Lampang
- Niigata
What fits
- Niigata is 99% of the size of Lampang.
- Lampang is larger by 68.5 km² (26.4 mi²), which is 0.6% of the area of Niigata.
- Measured in Belgiums: Lampang is about 0.41, Niigata about 0.41.
How they differ
- Lampang is larger, but Niigata has the larger population: 2.2 million against 729,000, 3.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 176 in Niigata against 58 in Lampang: Niigata is 3.02× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,370 km apart.
- On a standard web map Niigata looks larger than Lampang: Lampang at 18°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Niigata at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Niigata as 1.42× the size of Lampang, when Lampang is 1.01× the size of Niigata.
- Together Lampang and Niigata cover 25,000 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 1.3% bigger).
- At Niigata's density, Lampang would have 2.2 million people (it has 729,000). At Lampang's density, Niigata would have 725,000 (it has 2.2 million).
- Niigata's centre is 19.2° of latitude, about 2,130 km, farther north than Lampang's.
- Lampang is the 9th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 71st most densely populated of them.
- Niigata is the 5th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
- Niigata lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,130 km) north of Lampang.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Lampang would have about 17,180 m² and each person in Niigata about 5,680 m².
- Laid side by side, Lampang and Niigata would cover 25,000 km², about the same size as Rwanda.
- Together they have 2.9 million people, about as many people as Armenia.
Side by side
| Lampang | Niigata | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceThailand | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 12,500 km²4,830 mi² | 12,500 km²4,810 mi² |
| Official area | 12,500 km²Wikidata | 12,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 9th of 77in Thailand | 5th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 729,000Wikidata, 2020 | 2.2 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 34th of 77in Thailand | 15th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 58 per km² | 176 per km² |
| Capital | Lampang | Niigata |
| Latitude range | 17°N to 20°N | 37°N to 39°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 12,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,500 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 12,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,500 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