Nakhon Phanom is 1.04× the size of Liguria

Nakhon Phanom (province of Thailand) covers about 5,720 km² (2,210 mi²) and Liguria (region of Italy) about 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,720km²Nakhon Phanom
5,490km²Liguria

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Nakhon Phanom
Liguria

What fits

Liguria is 96% of the size of Nakhon Phanom.
Nakhon Phanom is larger by 231 km² (89.0 mi²), which is 4.2% of the area of Liguria.
Measured in Belgiums: Nakhon Phanom is about 0.19, Liguria about 0.18.

How they differ

Nakhon Phanom is larger, but Liguria has the larger population: 1.6 million against 717,000, 2.16× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 282 in Liguria against 125 in Nakhon Phanom: Liguria is 2.25× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,110 km apart.
On a standard web map Liguria looks larger than Nakhon Phanom: Nakhon Phanom at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Liguria at 44°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Liguria as 1.70× the size of Nakhon Phanom, when Nakhon Phanom is 1.04× the size of Liguria.
Together Nakhon Phanom and Liguria cover 11,200 km², close to the size of Qatar (11,200 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 231 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
At Liguria's density, Nakhon Phanom would have 1.6 million people (it has 717,000). At Nakhon Phanom's density, Liguria would have 688,000 (it has 1.6 million).
Liguria's centre is 26.9° of latitude, about 2,990 km, farther north than Nakhon Phanom's.
Nakhon Phanom is the 39th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 39th most densely populated of them.
Liguria is the 18th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Liguria lies about 27° of latitude (roughly 2,990 km) north of Nakhon Phanom.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nakhon Phanom would have about 7,980 m² and each person in Liguria about 3,540 m².
Laid side by side, Nakhon Phanom and Liguria would cover 11,200 km², about the same size as Qatar.
Together they have 2.3 million people, 94% as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

	Nakhon Phanom	Liguria
Is a	ProvinceThailand	RegionItaly
Area, measured	5,720 km²2,210 mi²	5,490 km²2,120 mi²
Official area	5,510 km²Wikidata	5,420 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	39th of 77in Thailand	18th of 20in Italy
Population	717,000Wikidata, 2020	1.6 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	37th of 77in Thailand	12th of 20in Italy
Density	125 per km²	282 per km²
Capital	Nakhon Phanom	Genoa
Latitude range	17°N to 18°N	44°N to 45°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 5,720 km² is 3.8% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,510 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 5,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,490 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Liguria is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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

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