Nong Bua Lamphu is 1.08× the size of Cape Verde

Nong Bua Lamphu (province of Thailand) covers about 4,240 km² (1,640 mi²) and Cape Verde (Africa) about 3,930 km² (1,520 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

4,240km²Nong Bua Lamphu
3,930km²Cape Verde

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Nong Bua Lamphu
Cape Verde

What fits

Cape Verde is 93% of the size of Nong Bua Lamphu.
Nong Bua Lamphu is larger by 318 km² (123 mi²), which is 8.1% of the area of Cape Verde.
Measured in Belgiums: Nong Bua Lamphu is about 0.14, Cape Verde about 0.13.

How they differ

Nong Bua Lamphu is larger, but Cape Verde has the larger population: 556,000 against 509,000, 1.09× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 142 in Cape Verde against 120 in Nong Bua Lamphu: Cape Verde is 1.18× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,100 km apart.
Together Nong Bua Lamphu and Cape Verde cover 8,170 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 22% bigger).
The gap between them, 318 km², is about the size of Malta (326 km²).
At Cape Verde's density, Nong Bua Lamphu would have 601,000 people (it has 509,000). At Nong Bua Lamphu's density, Cape Verde would have 471,000 (it has 556,000).
Nong Bua Lamphu's centre is 1.2° of latitude, about 140 km, farther north than Cape Verde's.
Nong Bua Lamphu is the 49th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
Cape Verde ranks 176th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 17°N and 16°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nong Bua Lamphu would have about 8,330 m² and each person in Cape Verde about 7,060 m².
Laid side by side, Nong Bua Lamphu and Cape Verde would cover 8,170 km², 82% of the size of Lebanon.
Together they have 1.1 million people, 92% as many people as Djibouti.
Counted as a country, Nong Bua Lamphu would rank 175th by area and 173rd by population.

Side by side

	Nong Bua Lamphu	Cape Verde
Is a	ProvinceThailand	CountryAfrica
Area, measured	4,240 km²1,640 mi²	3,930 km²1,520 mi²
Official area	3,860 km²Wikidata	4,030 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	49th of 77in Thailand	175th of 239worldwide
Population	509,000Wikidata, 2020	556,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	53rd of 77in Thailand	171st of 237worldwide
Density	120 per km²	142 per km²
Capital	Nong Bua Lam Phu	Praia
Latitude range	17°N to 18°N	15°N to 17°N

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

Our measured 4,240 km² is 10.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,860 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Our measured 3,930 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,030 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

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