Phatthalung is 1.20× the size of Saarland

Phatthalung (province of Thailand) covers about 3,190 km² (1,230 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.

3,190km²Phatthalung
2,650km²Saarland

20 km

Phatthalung
Saarland

What fits

Saarland is 83% of the size of Phatthalung.
Phatthalung is larger by 540 km² (208 mi²), which is 20% of the area of Saarland.
Measured in Belgiums: Phatthalung is about 0.10, Saarland about 0.09.

How they differ

Phatthalung is larger, but Saarland has the larger population: 1.0 million against 523,000, 1.92× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 379 in Saarland against 164 in Phatthalung: Saarland is 2.32× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,600 km apart.
On a standard web map Saarland looks larger than Phatthalung: Phatthalung at 8°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Saarland at 49°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Saarland as 1.93× the size of Phatthalung, when Phatthalung is 1.20× the size of Saarland.
Together Phatthalung and Saarland cover 5,850 km², close to the size of Brunei (5,720 km², 2.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 540 km², is about the size of Singapore (511 km²).
At Saarland's density, Phatthalung would have 1.2 million people (it has 523,000). At Phatthalung's density, Saarland would have 435,000 (it has 1.0 million).
Saarland's centre is 41.9° of latitude, about 4,660 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.
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 42° of latitude (roughly 4,660 km) north of Phatthalung.
Shared out evenly, each person in Phatthalung would have about 6,110 m² and each person in Saarland about 2,640 m².
Laid side by side, Phatthalung and Saarland would cover 5,850 km², about the same size as Brunei.
Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.09× as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

	Phatthalung	Saarland
Is a	ProvinceThailand	StateGermany
Area, measured	3,190 km²1,230 mi²	2,650 km²1,020 mi²
Official area	3,420 km²Wikidata	2,570 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	60th of 77in Thailand	13th of 16in Germany
Population	523,000Wikidata, 2020	1.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	51st of 77in Thailand	15th of 16in Germany
Density	164 per km²	379 per km²
Capital	Phatthalung	Saarbrücken
Latitude range	7°N to 8°N	49°N to 50°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 2,650 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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