Mae Hong Son is 1.11× the size of Vanuatu

What fits

• Vanuatu is 90% of the size of Mae Hong Son.
• Mae Hong Son is larger by 1,300 km² (501 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Vanuatu.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mae Hong Son is about 0.44, Vanuatu about 0.40.

How they differ

• Mae Hong Son is larger, but Vanuatu has the larger population: 300,000 against 285,000, 1.05× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 24 in Vanuatu against 21 in Mae Hong Son: Vanuatu is 1.17× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,550 km apart.
• Together Mae Hong Son and Vanuatu cover 25,900 km², close to the size of North Macedonia (25,400 km², 1.9% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,300 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Vanuatu's density, Mae Hong Son would have 332,000 people (it has 285,000). At Mae Hong Son's density, Vanuatu would have 257,000 (it has 300,000).
• Mae Hong Son's centre is 34.9° of latitude, about 3,890 km, farther north than Vanuatu's.
• Mae Hong Son is the 6th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 77th most densely populated of them.
• Vanuatu ranks 163rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Mae Hong Son lies about 35° of latitude (roughly 3,890 km) north of Vanuatu, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mae Hong Son would have about 47,770 m² and each person in Vanuatu about 40,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Mae Hong Son and Vanuatu would cover 25,900 km², about the same size as North Macedonia.
• Together they have 585,000 people, 1.04× as many people as Suriname.
• Counted as a country, Mae Hong Son would rank 161st by area and 180th by population.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 13,600 km² is 7.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 12,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,300 km², to within 2%.

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