Lombardy is 1.05× the size of Chiang Mai
Lombardy (region of Italy) covers about 24,000 km² (9,260 mi²) and Chiang Mai (province of Thailand) about 22,800 km² (8,790 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 24,000km²Lombardy
- 22,800km²Chiang Mai
50 km
- Lombardy
- Chiang Mai
What fits
- Chiang Mai is 95% of the size of Lombardy.
- Lombardy is larger by 1,220 km² (470 mi²), which is 5.3% of the area of Chiang Mai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Lombardy is about 0.78, Chiang Mai about 0.74.
How they differ
- Lombardy also has the larger population: 10.1 million against 1.8 million, 5.64× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 420 in Lombardy against 78 in Chiang Mai: Lombardy is 5.36× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,450 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Lombardy at 46°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Chiang Mai at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Lombardy as 1.93× the size of Chiang Mai instead of 1.05×.
- Together Lombardy and Chiang Mai cover 46,700 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 2.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,220 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Chiang Mai's density, Lombardy would have 1.9 million people (it has 10.1 million). At Lombardy's density, Chiang Mai would have 9.6 million (it has 1.8 million).
- Lombardy's centre is 26.8° of latitude, about 2,980 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
- Lombardy is the 4th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 8.0% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Chiang Mai is the largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 4.4% of its area; it is the 64th most densely populated of them.
- Lombardy lies about 27° of latitude (roughly 2,980 km) north of Chiang Mai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Lombardy would have about 2,380 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
- Laid side by side, Lombardy and Chiang Mai would cover 46,700 km², about the same size as Estonia.
- Together they have 11.9 million people, about as many people as Belgium.
Side by side
| Lombardy | Chiang Mai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 24,000 km²9,260 mi² | 22,800 km²8,790 mi² |
| Official area | 23,900 km²Wikidata | 22,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 4th of 20in Italy | 1st of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 10.1 millionWikidata, 2019 | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 1st of 20in Italy | 5th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 420 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Milan | Chiang Mai |
| Latitude range | 45°N to 47°N | 17°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 23,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 24,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 22,800 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Lombardy is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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