Phayao is 1.12× the size of Cantabria
Phayao (province of Thailand) covers about 5,990 km² (2,310 mi²) and Cantabria (autonomous community of Spain) about 5,350 km² (2,060 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,990km²Phayao
- 5,350km²Cantabria
20 km
- Phayao
- Cantabria
What fits
- Cantabria is 89% of the size of Phayao.
- Phayao is larger by 647 km² (250 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Cantabria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Phayao is about 0.20, Cantabria about 0.17.
How they differ
- Phayao is larger, but Cantabria has the larger population: 592,000 against 467,000, 1.27× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 111 in Cantabria against 78 in Phayao: Cantabria is 1.42× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,650 km apart.
- On a standard web map Cantabria looks larger than Phayao: Phayao at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Cantabria at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Cantabria as 1.50× the size of Phayao, when Phayao is 1.12× the size of Cantabria.
- Together Phayao and Cantabria cover 11,300 km², close to the size of Qatar (11,200 km², 1.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 647 km², is about the size of Micronesia (634 km²).
- At Cantabria's density, Phayao would have 663,000 people (it has 467,000). At Phayao's density, Cantabria would have 417,000 (it has 592,000).
- Cantabria's centre is 24.0° of latitude, about 2,670 km, farther north than Phayao's.
- Phayao is the 35th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 65th most densely populated of them.
- Cantabria is the 15th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Cantabria lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,670 km) north of Phayao.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Phayao would have about 12,830 m² and each person in Cantabria about 9,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Phayao and Cantabria would cover 11,300 km², about the same size as Qatar.
- Together they have 1.1 million people, 92% as many people as Djibouti.
Side by side
| Phayao | Cantabria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceThailand | Autonomous communitySpain |
| Area, measured | 5,990 km²2,310 mi² | 5,350 km²2,060 mi² |
| Official area | 6,340 km²Wikidata | 5,320 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 35th of 77in Thailand | 15th of 19in Spain |
| Population | 467,000Wikidata, 2020 | 592,000Wikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 59th of 77in Thailand | 16th of 19in Spain |
| Density | 78 per km² | 111 per km² |
| Capital | Phayao | Santander |
| Latitude range | 19°N to 20°N | 43°N to 44°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 5,990 km² is 5.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 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 5,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,350 km², to within 2%.
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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