Murcia and Chiang Rai are almost exactly the same size
Murcia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 11,300 km² (4,370 mi²) and Chiang Rai (province of Thailand) about 11,300 km² (4,350 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 11,300km²Murcia
- 11,300km²Chiang Rai
50 km
- Murcia
- Chiang Rai
What fits
- Chiang Rai is 100% of the size of Murcia.
- The measured areas differ by 35.7 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Murcia is about 0.37, Chiang Rai about 0.37.
How they differ
- Murcia also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.3 million, 1.21× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 139 in Murcia against 115 in Chiang Rai: Murcia is 1.21× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,610 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Murcia at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Chiang Rai at 20°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Murcia as 1.43× the size of Chiang Rai instead of 1.00×.
- Together Murcia and Chiang Rai cover 22,600 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 1.3% smaller).
- At Chiang Rai's density, Murcia would have 1.3 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Murcia's density, Chiang Rai would have 1.6 million (it has 1.3 million).
- Murcia's centre is 18.2° of latitude, about 2,020 km, farther north than Chiang Rai's.
- Murcia is the 9th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Chiang Rai is the 12th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 43rd most densely populated of them.
- Murcia lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,020 km) north of Chiang Rai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Murcia would have about 7,190 m² and each person in Chiang Rai about 8,710 m².
- Laid side by side, Murcia and Chiang Rai would cover 22,600 km², about the same size as Belize.
- Together they have 2.9 million people, about as many people as Lithuania.
Side by side
| Murcia | Chiang Rai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 11,300 km²4,370 mi² | 11,300 km²4,350 mi² |
| Official area | 11,300 km²Wikidata | 11,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 9th of 19in Spain | 12th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2024 | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 19in Spain | 15th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 139 per km² | 115 per km² |
| Capital | Murcia City | Chiang Rai |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 39°N | 19°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 11,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,300 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 11,300 km² is 3.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,700 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
- 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