Narathiwat and Wakayama are almost exactly the same size

Narathiwat (province of Thailand) covers about 4,430 km² (1,710 mi²) and Wakayama (prefecture of Japan) about 4,430 km² (1,710 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.

4,430km²Narathiwat
4,430km²Wakayama

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Narathiwat
Wakayama

What fits

Wakayama is 100% of the size of Narathiwat.
The measured areas differ by 0.2 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
Measured in Belgiums: Narathiwat is about 0.14, Wakayama about 0.14.

How they differ

Narathiwat is larger, but Wakayama has the larger population: 911,000 against 804,000, 1.13× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 206 in Wakayama against 182 in Narathiwat: Wakayama is 1.13× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,640 km apart.
On a standard web map Wakayama looks larger than Narathiwat: Narathiwat at 6°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Wakayama at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Wakayama as 1.43× the size of Narathiwat, when Narathiwat is 1.00× the size of Wakayama.
Together Narathiwat and Wakayama cover 8,860 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 13% bigger).
At Wakayama's density, Narathiwat would have 911,000 people (it has 804,000). At Narathiwat's density, Wakayama would have 804,000 (it has 911,000).
Wakayama's centre is 27.7° of latitude, about 3,080 km, farther north than Narathiwat's.
Narathiwat is the 46th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
Wakayama is the 32nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
Wakayama lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,080 km) north of Narathiwat.
Shared out evenly, each person in Narathiwat would have about 5,510 m² and each person in Wakayama about 4,860 m².
Laid side by side, Narathiwat and Wakayama would cover 8,860 km², 89% of the size of Lebanon.
Together they have 1.7 million people, 93% as many people as North Macedonia.

Side by side

	Narathiwat	Wakayama
Is a	ProvinceThailand	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	4,430 km²1,710 mi²	4,430 km²1,710 mi²
Official area	4,480 km²Wikidata	4,730 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	46th of 77in Thailand	32nd of 47in Japan
Population	804,000Wikidata, 2020	911,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	31st of 77in Thailand	40th of 47in Japan
Density	182 per km²	206 per km²
Capital	Narathiwat	Wakayama
Latitude range	6°N to 7°N	33°N to 34°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 4,480 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,430 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 4,430 km² is 6.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,730 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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