Netherlands is 1.79× the size of Nakhon Ratchasima

Netherlands (Europe) covers about 37,100 km² (14,300 mi²) and Nakhon Ratchasima (province of Thailand) about 20,800 km² (8,020 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

37,100km²Netherlands
20,800km²Nakhon Ratchasima

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Netherlands
Nakhon Ratchasima

What fits

Nakhon Ratchasima is 56% of the size of Netherlands.
Netherlands is larger by 16,300 km² (6,310 mi²), which is 79% of the area of Nakhon Ratchasima.
Measured in Belgiums: Netherlands is about 1.21, Nakhon Ratchasima about 0.68.

How they differ

Netherlands also has the larger population: 17.9 million against 2.6 million, 6.81× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 480 in Netherlands against 127 in Nakhon Ratchasima: Netherlands is 3.78× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,130 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Netherlands at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Nakhon Ratchasima at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Netherlands as 4.45× the size of Nakhon Ratchasima instead of 1.79×.
Together Netherlands and Nakhon Ratchasima cover 57,900 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 1.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 16,300 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
At Nakhon Ratchasima's density, Netherlands would have 4.7 million people (it has 17.9 million). At Netherlands's density, Nakhon Ratchasima would have 10.0 million (it has 2.6 million).
Netherlands's centre is 37.3° of latitude, about 4,150 km, farther north than Nakhon Ratchasima's.
Netherlands ranks 137th of 246 countries and territories by area.
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.
Netherlands lies about 37° of latitude (roughly 4,150 km) north of Nakhon Ratchasima.
Shared out evenly, each person in Netherlands would have about 2,080 m² and each person in Nakhon Ratchasima about 7,880 m².
Laid side by side, Netherlands and Nakhon Ratchasima would cover 57,900 km², about the same size as Togo.
Together they have 20.6 million people, about as many people as Kazakhstan.
Counted as a country, Nakhon Ratchasima would rank 153rd by area and 143rd by population.

Side by side

	Netherlands	Nakhon Ratchasima
Is a	CountryEurope	ProvinceThailand
Area, measured	37,100 km²14,300 mi²	20,800 km²8,020 mi²
Official area	37,400 km²Wikidata	20,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	136th of 239worldwide	2nd of 77in Thailand
Population	17.9 millionWikidata, 2024	2.6 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	67th of 237worldwide	2nd of 77in Thailand
Density	480 per km²	127 per km²
Capital	Amsterdam	Nakhon Ratchasima
Latitude range	51°N to 54°N	14°N to 16°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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 20,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,800 km², to within 2%.

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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

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