Nakhon Ratchasima is 1.07× the size of Apulia

Nakhon Ratchasima (province of Thailand) covers about 20,800 km² (8,020 mi²) and Apulia (region of Italy) about 19,500 km² (7,510 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

20,800km²Nakhon Ratchasima
19,500km²Apulia

50 km

Nakhon Ratchasima
Apulia

What fits

Apulia is 94% of the size of Nakhon Ratchasima.
Nakhon Ratchasima is larger by 1,310 km² (505 mi²), which is 6.7% of the area of Apulia.
Measured in Belgiums: Nakhon Ratchasima is about 0.68, Apulia about 0.63.

How they differ

Nakhon Ratchasima is larger, but Apulia has the larger population: 4.0 million against 2.6 million, 1.53× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 207 in Apulia against 127 in Nakhon Ratchasima: Apulia is 1.63× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,550 km apart.
On a standard web map Apulia looks larger than Nakhon Ratchasima: Nakhon Ratchasima at 15°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Apulia at 41°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Apulia as 1.53× the size of Nakhon Ratchasima, when Nakhon Ratchasima is 1.07× the size of Apulia.
Together Nakhon Ratchasima and Apulia cover 40,200 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,310 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Apulia's density, Nakhon Ratchasima would have 4.3 million people (it has 2.6 million). At Nakhon Ratchasima's density, Apulia would have 2.5 million (it has 4.0 million).
Apulia's centre is 26.0° of latitude, about 2,890 km, farther north than Nakhon Ratchasima's.
Nakhon Ratchasima is the 2nd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 4.0% of its area; it is the 37th most densely populated of them.
Apulia is the 7th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Apulia lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,890 km) north of Nakhon Ratchasima.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nakhon Ratchasima would have about 7,880 m² and each person in Apulia about 4,830 m².
Laid side by side, Nakhon Ratchasima and Apulia would cover 40,200 km², about the same size as Bhutan.
Together they have 6.7 million people, about as many people as Serbia.

Side by side

	Nakhon Ratchasima	Apulia
Is a	ProvinceThailand	RegionItaly
Area, measured	20,800 km²8,020 mi²	19,500 km²7,510 mi²
Official area	20,500 km²Wikidata	19,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	2nd of 77in Thailand	7th of 20in Italy
Population	2.6 millionWikidata, 2020	4.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	2nd of 77in Thailand	8th of 20in Italy
Density	127 per km²	207 per km²
Capital	Nakhon Ratchasima	Bari
Latitude range	14°N to 16°N	40°N to 42°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 20,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,800 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 19,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 19,500 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 Apulia 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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