Phetchaburi and Tochigi are almost exactly the same size
Phetchaburi (province of Thailand) covers about 6,510 km² (2,510 mi²) and Tochigi (prefecture of Japan) about 6,480 km² (2,500 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 6,510km²Phetchaburi
- 6,480km²Tochigi
20 km
- Phetchaburi
- Tochigi
What fits
- Tochigi is 100% of the size of Phetchaburi.
- The measured areas differ by 31.4 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Phetchaburi is about 0.21, Tochigi about 0.21.
How they differ
- Phetchaburi is larger, but Tochigi has the larger population: 1.9 million against 482,000, 4.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 297 in Tochigi against 74 in Phetchaburi: Tochigi is 4.02× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,790 km apart.
- On a standard web map Tochigi looks larger than Phetchaburi: Phetchaburi at 13°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Tochigi at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Tochigi as 1.47× the size of Phetchaburi, when Phetchaburi is 1.00× the size of Tochigi.
- Together Phetchaburi and Tochigi cover 13,000 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 3.0% smaller).
- At Tochigi's density, Phetchaburi would have 1.9 million people (it has 482,000). At Phetchaburi's density, Tochigi would have 480,000 (it has 1.9 million).
- Tochigi's centre is 23.7° of latitude, about 2,640 km, farther north than Phetchaburi's.
- Phetchaburi is the 33rd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 66th most densely populated of them.
- Tochigi is the 21st largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
- Tochigi lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,640 km) north of Phetchaburi.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Phetchaburi would have about 13,510 m² and each person in Tochigi about 3,360 m².
- Laid side by side, Phetchaburi and Tochigi would cover 13,000 km², 1.03× the size of the Bahamas.
- Together they have 2.4 million people, about as many people as Moldova.
Side by side
| Phetchaburi | Tochigi | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceThailand | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 6,510 km²2,510 mi² | 6,480 km²2,500 mi² |
| Official area | 6,230 km²Wikidata | 6,410 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 33rd of 77in Thailand | 21st of 47in Japan |
| Population | 482,000Wikidata, 2020 | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 56th of 77in Thailand | 19th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 74 per km² | 297 per km² |
| Capital | Phetchaburi | Utsunomiya |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 13°N | 36°N to 37°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 6,510 km² is 4.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,230 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 6,410 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,480 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