Murcia is 1.10× the size of Nakhon Si Thammarat

What fits

• Nakhon Si Thammarat is 91% of the size of Murcia.
• Murcia is larger by 1,010 km² (391 mi²), which is 9.8% of the area of Nakhon Si Thammarat.
• Measured in Belgiums: Murcia is about 0.37, Nakhon Si Thammarat about 0.34.

How they differ

• Murcia also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.6 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 151 in Nakhon Si Thammarat against 139 in Murcia: Nakhon Si Thammarat is 1.08× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,400 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Murcia at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Nakhon Si Thammarat at 8°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Murcia as 1.73× the size of Nakhon Si Thammarat instead of 1.10×.
• Together Murcia and Nakhon Si Thammarat cover 21,600 km², close to the size of Djibouti (21,800 km², 1.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,010 km², is about the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km²).
• At Nakhon Si Thammarat's density, Murcia would have 1.7 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Murcia's density, Nakhon Si Thammarat would have 1.4 million (it has 1.6 million).
• Murcia's centre is 29.6° of latitude, about 3,290 km, farther north than Nakhon Si Thammarat'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.
• Nakhon Si Thammarat is the 17th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 27th most densely populated of them.
• Murcia lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,290 km) north of Nakhon Si Thammarat.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Murcia would have about 7,190 m² and each person in Nakhon Si Thammarat about 6,640 m².
• Laid side by side, Murcia and Nakhon Si Thammarat would cover 21,600 km², about the same size as Djibouti.
• Together they have 3.1 million people, 1.07× as many people as Armenia.

Side by side

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 10,300 km² is 3.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 9,940 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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