Netherlands is 1.63× the size of Chiang Mai
Netherlands (Europe) covers about 37,100 km² (14,300 mi²) and Chiang Mai (province of Thailand) about 22,800 km² (8,790 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 37,100km²Netherlands
- 22,800km²Chiang Mai
50 km
- Netherlands
- Chiang Mai
What fits
- Chiang Mai is 61% of the size of Netherlands.
- Netherlands is larger by 14,300 km² (5,540 mi²), which is 63% of the area of Chiang Mai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Netherlands is about 1.21, Chiang Mai about 0.74.
How they differ
- Netherlands also has the larger population: 17.9 million against 1.8 million, 10.1× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 480 in Netherlands against 78 in Chiang Mai: Netherlands is 6.12× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,580 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Netherlands at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Chiang Mai at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Netherlands as 3.90× the size of Chiang Mai instead of 1.63×.
- Together Netherlands and Chiang Mai cover 59,900 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 5.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 14,300 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
- At Chiang Mai's density, Netherlands would have 2.9 million people (it has 17.9 million). At Netherlands's density, Chiang Mai would have 10.9 million (it has 1.8 million).
- Netherlands's centre is 33.5° of latitude, about 3,720 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
- Netherlands ranks 137th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Chiang Mai is the largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 4.4% of its area; it is the 64th most densely populated of them.
- Netherlands lies about 33° of latitude (roughly 3,720 km) north of Chiang Mai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Netherlands would have about 2,080 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
- Laid side by side, Netherlands and Chiang Mai would cover 59,900 km², 1.05× the size of Togo.
- Together they have 19.7 million people, about as many people as Zambia.
- Counted as a country, Chiang Mai would rank 150th by area and 153rd by population.
Side by side
| Netherlands | Chiang Mai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 37,100 km²14,300 mi² | 22,800 km²8,790 mi² |
| Official area | 37,400 km²Wikidata | 22,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 136th of 239worldwide | 1st of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 17.9 millionWikidata, 2024 | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 67th of 237worldwide | 5th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 480 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Amsterdam | Chiang Mai |
| Latitude range | 51°N to 54°N | 17°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 37,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 37,400 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 22,800 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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