Phatthalung is 1.36× the size of Australian Capital Territory

What fits

• Australian Capital Territory is 74% of the size of Phatthalung.
• Phatthalung is larger by 845 km² (326 mi²), which is 36% of the area of Australian Capital Territory.
• Measured in Belgiums: Phatthalung is about 0.10, Australian Capital Territory about 0.08.

How they differ

• Phatthalung also has the larger population: 523,000 against 482,000, 1.09× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 205 in Australian Capital Territory against 164 in Phatthalung: Australian Capital Territory is 1.25× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,010 km apart.
• On a standard web map Australian Capital Territory looks larger than Phatthalung: Phatthalung at 8°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Australian Capital Territory at 35°S about 1.5×, so the map shows Australian Capital Territory as 1.09× the size of Phatthalung, when Phatthalung is 1.36× the size of Australian Capital Territory.
• Together Phatthalung and Australian Capital Territory cover 5,540 km², close to the size of Cyprus (5,400 km², 2.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 845 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
• At Australian Capital Territory's density, Phatthalung would have 655,000 people (it has 523,000). At Phatthalung's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 385,000 (it has 482,000).
• Phatthalung's centre is 43.0° of latitude, about 4,780 km, farther north than Australian Capital Territory's.
• Phatthalung is the 60th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
• Australian Capital Territory is the 8th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Phatthalung lies about 43° of latitude (roughly 4,780 km) north of Australian Capital Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Phatthalung would have about 6,110 m² and each person in Australian Capital Territory about 4,880 m².
• Laid side by side, Phatthalung and Australian Capital Territory would cover 5,540 km², about the same size as Cyprus.
• Together they have 1.0 million people, 1.08× as many people as Fiji.
• Australian Capital Territory is drawn from 52 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 3,190 km² is 6.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,420 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 2,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,350 km², to within 2%.

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