Nong Bua Lamphu is 1.64× the size of Réunion (France)

Nong Bua Lamphu (province of Thailand) covers about 4,240 km² (1,640 mi²) and Réunion (France) (overseas region of France) about 2,580 km² (997 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

4,240km²Nong Bua Lamphu
2,580km²Réunion (France)

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Nong Bua Lamphu
Réunion (France)

What fits

Réunion (France) is 61% of the size of Nong Bua Lamphu.
Nong Bua Lamphu is larger by 1,660 km² (642 mi²), which is 64% of the area of Réunion (France).
Measured in Belgiums: Nong Bua Lamphu is about 0.14, Réunion (France) about 0.08.

How they differ

Nong Bua Lamphu is larger, but Réunion (France) has the larger population: 881,000 against 509,000, 1.73× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 341 in Réunion (France) against 120 in Nong Bua Lamphu: Réunion (France) is 2.84× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,640 km apart.
Together Nong Bua Lamphu and Réunion (France) cover 6,830 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 11% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,660 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Réunion (France)'s density, Nong Bua Lamphu would have 1.4 million people (it has 509,000). At Nong Bua Lamphu's density, Réunion (France) would have 310,000 (it has 881,000).
Nong Bua Lamphu's centre is 38.3° of latitude, about 4,260 km, farther north than Réunion (France)'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.
Réunion (France) is the 15th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 0.4% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Nong Bua Lamphu lies about 38° of latitude (roughly 4,260 km) north of Réunion (France), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nong Bua Lamphu would have about 8,330 m² and each person in Réunion (France) about 2,930 m².
Laid side by side, Nong Bua Lamphu and Réunion (France) would cover 6,830 km², 1.19× the size of Brunei.
Together they have 1.4 million people, about as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

	Nong Bua Lamphu	Réunion (France)
Is a	ProvinceThailand	Overseas regionFrance
Area, measured	4,240 km²1,640 mi²	2,580 km²997 mi²
Official area	3,860 km²Wikidata	2,510 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	49th of 77in Thailand	15th of 18in France
Population	509,000Wikidata, 2020	881,000Wikidata, 2022
Rank by population	53rd of 77in Thailand	13th of 18in France
Density	120 per km²	341 per km²
Capital	Nong Bua Lam Phu	Saint-Denis
Latitude range	17°N to 18°N	21°S to 21°S

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 2,580 km² is 2.8% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,510 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
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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