Nakhon Ratchasima and Saxony-Anhalt are almost exactly the same size

Nakhon Ratchasima (province of Thailand) covers about 20,800 km² (8,020 mi²) and Saxony-Anhalt (state of Germany) about 20,700 km² (7,980 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.

20,800km²Nakhon Ratchasima
20,700km²Saxony-Anhalt

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Nakhon Ratchasima
Saxony-Anhalt

What fits

Saxony-Anhalt is 100% of the size of Nakhon Ratchasima.
The measured areas differ by 94.9 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
Measured in Belgiums: Nakhon Ratchasima is about 0.68, Saxony-Anhalt about 0.67.

How they differ

Nakhon Ratchasima also has the larger population: 2.6 million against 2.1 million, 1.23× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 127 in Nakhon Ratchasima against 104 in Saxony-Anhalt: Nakhon Ratchasima is 1.22× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,730 km apart.
On a standard web map Saxony-Anhalt looks larger than Nakhon Ratchasima: Nakhon Ratchasima at 15°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Saxony-Anhalt at 52°N about 2.6×, so the map shows Saxony-Anhalt as 2.45× the size of Nakhon Ratchasima, when Nakhon Ratchasima is 1.00× the size of Saxony-Anhalt.
Together Nakhon Ratchasima and Saxony-Anhalt cover 41,400 km², close to the size of Switzerland (41,400 km², 0.0% bigger).
At Saxony-Anhalt's density, Nakhon Ratchasima would have 2.2 million people (it has 2.6 million). At Nakhon Ratchasima's density, Saxony-Anhalt would have 2.6 million (it has 2.1 million).
Saxony-Anhalt's centre is 37.0° of latitude, about 4,120 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.
Saxony-Anhalt is the 8th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.8% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Saxony-Anhalt lies about 37° of latitude (roughly 4,120 km) north of Nakhon Ratchasima.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nakhon Ratchasima would have about 7,880 m² and each person in Saxony-Anhalt about 9,630 m².
Laid side by side, Nakhon Ratchasima and Saxony-Anhalt would cover 41,400 km², about the same size as Switzerland.
Together they have 4.8 million people, about as many people as Mauritania.

Side by side

	Nakhon Ratchasima	Saxony-Anhalt
Is a	ProvinceThailand	StateGermany
Area, measured	20,800 km²8,020 mi²	20,700 km²7,980 mi²
Official area	20,500 km²Wikidata	20,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	2nd of 77in Thailand	8th of 16in Germany
Population	2.6 millionWikidata, 2020	2.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	2nd of 77in Thailand	11th of 16in Germany
Density	127 per km²	104 per km²
Capital	Nakhon Ratchasima	Magdeburg
Latitude range	14°N to 16°N	51°N to 53°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 20,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,700 km², to within 2%.

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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

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