Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 1.02× the size of Chiang Mai

What fits

• Chiang Mai is 98% of the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger by 448 km² (173 mi²), which is 2.0% of the area of Chiang Mai.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is about 0.76, Chiang Mai about 0.74.

How they differ

• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger, but Chiang Mai has the larger population: 1.8 million against 1.6 million, 1.14× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 78 in Chiang Mai against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Chiang Mai is 1.16× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,090 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Chiang Mai at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 2.61× the size of Chiang Mai instead of 1.02×.
• Together Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Chiang Mai cover 46,000 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 0.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 448 km², is about the size of Antigua and Barbuda (452 km²).
• At Chiang Mai's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 1.8 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Chiang Mai would have 1.5 million (it has 1.8 million).
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 35.0° of latitude, about 3,890 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the 6th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 16th 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.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 35° of latitude (roughly 3,890 km) north of Chiang Mai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have about 14,770 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
• Laid side by side, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Chiang Mai would cover 46,000 km², about the same size as Estonia.
• Together they have 3.4 million people, about as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 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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