North Macedonia is 1.12× the size of Chiang Mai

What fits

• Chiang Mai is 90% of the size of North Macedonia.
• North Macedonia is larger by 2,630 km² (1,010 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Chiang Mai.
• Measured in Belgiums: North Macedonia is about 0.83, Chiang Mai about 0.74.

How they differ

• North Macedonia also has the larger population: 1.8 million against 1.8 million, 1.03× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 78 in Chiang Mai against 72 in North Macedonia: Chiang Mai is 1.08× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,580 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: North Macedonia at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Chiang Mai at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows North Macedonia as 1.79× the size of Chiang Mai instead of 1.12×.
• Together North Macedonia and Chiang Mai cover 48,100 km², close to the size of Dominican Republic (48,400 km², 0.6% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,630 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Chiang Mai's density, North Macedonia would have 2.0 million people (it has 1.8 million). At North Macedonia's density, Chiang Mai would have 1.6 million (it has 1.8 million).
• North Macedonia's centre is 22.8° of latitude, about 2,540 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
• North Macedonia ranks 149th 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.
• North Macedonia lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,540 km) north of Chiang Mai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in North Macedonia would have about 13,820 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
• Laid side by side, North Macedonia and Chiang Mai would cover 48,100 km², about the same size as Dominican Republic.
• Together they have 3.6 million people, 1.04× as many people as Eritrea.
• Counted as a country, Chiang Mai would rank 150th by area and 153rd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 25,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 25,400 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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