Pattani and Mauritius are almost exactly the same size
Pattani (province of Thailand) covers about 2,000 km² (773 mi²) and Mauritius (Seven seas (open ocean)) about 2,000 km² (772 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 2,000km²Pattani
- 2,000km²Mauritius
200 km
- Pattani
- Mauritius
What fits
- Mauritius is 100% of the size of Pattani.
- The measured areas differ by 1.2 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Pattani is about 0.07, Mauritius about 0.07.
How they differ
- Pattani is larger, but Mauritius has the larger population: 1.3 million against 726,000, 1.74× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 628 in Mauritius against 363 in Pattani: Mauritius is 1.73× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,620 km apart.
- On a standard web map Mauritius looks larger than Pattani: Pattani at 7°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Mauritius at 20°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Mauritius as 1.12× the size of Pattani, when Pattani is 1.00× the size of Mauritius.
- Together Pattani and Mauritius cover 4,000 km², close to the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km², 1.9% smaller).
- At Mauritius's density, Pattani would have 1.3 million people (it has 726,000). At Pattani's density, Mauritius would have 731,000 (it has 1.3 million).
- Pattani's centre is 27.0° of latitude, about 3,000 km, farther north than Mauritius's.
- Pattani is the 68th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.4% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Mauritius ranks 182nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Pattani lies about 27° of latitude (roughly 3,000 km) north of Mauritius, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Pattani would have about 2,760 m² and each person in Mauritius about 1,590 m².
- Laid side by side, Pattani and Mauritius would cover 4,000 km², about the same size as Cape Verde.
- Together they have 2.0 million people, about as many people as Lesotho.
- Pattani is drawn from 50 points and Mauritius is drawn from 26 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
- Counted as a country, Pattani would rank 181st by area and 166th by population.
Side by side
| Pattani | Mauritius | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceThailand | CountrySeven seas (open ocean) |
| Area, measured | 2,000 km²773 mi² | 2,000 km²772 mi² |
| Official area | 1,940 km²Wikidata | 2,040 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 68th of 77in Thailand | 181st of 239worldwide |
| Population | 726,000Wikidata, 2020 | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2017 |
| Rank by population | 35th of 77in Thailand | 159th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 363 per km² | 628 per km² |
| Capital | Pattani | Port Louis |
| Latitude range | 7°N to 7°N | 21°S to 20°S |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2017. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 2,000 km² is 3.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 1,940 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,040 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,010 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