Nong Bua Lamphu is 1.60× the size of Saarland

Nong Bua Lamphu (province of Thailand) covers about 4,240 km² (1,640 mi²) and Saarland (state of Germany) about 2,650 km² (1,020 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

4,240km²Nong Bua Lamphu
2,650km²Saarland

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Nong Bua Lamphu
Saarland

What fits

Saarland is 63% of the size of Nong Bua Lamphu.
Nong Bua Lamphu is larger by 1,590 km² (614 mi²), which is 60% of the area of Saarland.
Measured in Belgiums: Nong Bua Lamphu is about 0.14, Saarland about 0.09.

How they differ

Nong Bua Lamphu is larger, but Saarland has the larger population: 1.0 million against 509,000, 1.98× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 379 in Saarland against 120 in Nong Bua Lamphu: Saarland is 3.16× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,940 km apart.
On a standard web map Saarland looks larger than Nong Bua Lamphu: Nong Bua Lamphu at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Saarland at 49°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Saarland as 1.35× the size of Nong Bua Lamphu, when Nong Bua Lamphu is 1.60× the size of Saarland.
Together Nong Bua Lamphu and Saarland cover 6,900 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 12% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,590 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Saarland's density, Nong Bua Lamphu would have 1.6 million people (it has 509,000). At Nong Bua Lamphu's density, Saarland would have 319,000 (it has 1.0 million).
Saarland's centre is 32.2° of latitude, about 3,580 km, farther north than Nong Bua Lamphu'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.
Saarland is the 13th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
Saarland lies about 32° of latitude (roughly 3,580 km) north of Nong Bua Lamphu.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nong Bua Lamphu would have about 8,330 m² and each person in Saarland about 2,640 m².
Laid side by side, Nong Bua Lamphu and Saarland would cover 6,900 km², 1.21× the size of Brunei.
Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.08× as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

	Nong Bua Lamphu	Saarland
Is a	ProvinceThailand	StateGermany
Area, measured	4,240 km²1,640 mi²	2,650 km²1,020 mi²
Official area	3,860 km²Wikidata	2,570 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	49th of 77in Thailand	13th of 16in Germany
Population	509,000Wikidata, 2020	1.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	53rd of 77in Thailand	15th of 16in Germany
Density	120 per km²	379 per km²
Capital	Nong Bua Lam Phu	Saarbrücken
Latitude range	17°N to 18°N	49°N to 50°N

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 2,650 km² is 3.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,570 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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