Phatthalung is 1.13× the size of Rhode Island

Phatthalung (province of Thailand) covers about 3,190 km² (1,230 mi²) and Rhode Island (state of the United States) about 2,830 km² (1,090 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

3,190km²Phatthalung
2,830km²Rhode Island

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Phatthalung
Rhode Island

What fits

Rhode Island is 89% of the size of Phatthalung.
Phatthalung is larger by 362 km² (140 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Rhode Island.
Measured in Belgiums: Phatthalung is about 0.10, Rhode Island about 0.09.

How they differ

Phatthalung is larger, but Rhode Island has the larger population: 1.1 million against 523,000, 2.10× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 387 in Rhode Island against 164 in Phatthalung: Rhode Island is 2.37× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 14,500 km apart.
On a standard web map Rhode Island looks larger than Phatthalung: Phatthalung at 8°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Rhode Island at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Rhode Island as 1.56× the size of Phatthalung, when Phatthalung is 1.13× the size of Rhode Island.
Together Phatthalung and Rhode Island cover 6,030 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 0.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 362 km², is about the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
At Rhode Island's density, Phatthalung would have 1.2 million people (it has 523,000). At Phatthalung's density, Rhode Island would have 464,000 (it has 1.1 million).
Rhode Island's centre is 34.2° of latitude, about 3,800 km, farther north than Phatthalung'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.
Rhode Island is the 50th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Rhode Island lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,800 km) north of Phatthalung.
Shared out evenly, each person in Phatthalung would have about 6,110 m² and each person in Rhode Island about 2,580 m².
Laid side by side, Phatthalung and Rhode Island would cover 6,030 km², 1.05× the size of Brunei.
Together they have 1.6 million people, 88% as many people as North Macedonia.

Side by side

	Phatthalung	Rhode Island
Is a	ProvinceThailand	StateUnited States
Area, measured	3,190 km²1,230 mi²	2,830 km²1,090 mi²
Official area	3,420 km²Wikidata	3,140 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	60th of 77in Thailand	50th of 51in the United States
Population	523,000Wikidata, 2020	1.1 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	51st of 77in Thailand	43rd of 51in the United States
Density	164 per km²	387 per km²
Capital	Phatthalung	Providence
Latitude range	7°N to 8°N	41°N to 42°N

Population: Wikidata 2020. 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.
Our measured 2,830 km² is 9.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,140 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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