Montana is 28.2× the size of Surat Thani

What fits

• Surat Thani fits inside Montana about 28.2 times by area.
• Montana is larger by 366,000 km² (141,000 mi²), which is 2,722% of the area of Surat Thani.
• Measured in Belgiums: Montana is about 12.4, Surat Thani about 0.44.

How they differ

• Montana also has the larger population: 1.1 million against 1.1 million, 1.02× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 79 in Surat Thani against 2.9 in Montana: Surat Thani is 27.8× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,200 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Montana at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Surat Thani at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Montana as 59.3× the size of Surat Thani instead of 28.2×.
• Together Montana and Surat Thani cover 393,000 km², close to the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
• The gap between them, 366,000 km², is about the size of Japan (374,000 km²).
• At Surat Thani's density, Montana would have 30.1 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Montana's density, Surat Thani would have 38,000 (it has 1.1 million).
• Montana's centre is 38.0° of latitude, about 4,230 km, farther north than Surat Thani's.
• Montana is the 4th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 4.0% of its area; it is the 49th most densely populated of them.
• Surat Thani is the 7th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 61st most densely populated of them.
• Montana lies about 38° of latitude (roughly 4,230 km) north of Surat Thani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Montana would have about 350,010 m² and each person in Surat Thani about 12,590 m².
• Laid side by side, Montana and Surat Thani would cover 393,000 km², about the same size as Zimbabwe.
• Together they have 2.2 million people, 1.04× as many people as Slovenia.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 381,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 379,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 13,400 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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