Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 1.38× the size of Chiang Mai

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region of France) covers about 31,300 km² (12,100 mi²) and Chiang Mai (province of Thailand) about 22,800 km² (8,790 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

31,300km²Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
22,800km²Chiang Mai

50 km

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Chiang Mai

What fits

Chiang Mai is 73% of the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is larger by 8,590 km² (3,310 mi²), which is 38% of the area of Chiang Mai.
Measured in Belgiums: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is about 1.02, Chiang Mai about 0.74.

How they differ

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur also has the larger population: 5.2 million against 1.8 million, 2.90× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 165 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur against 78 in Chiang Mai: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 2.10× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,780 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Chiang Mai at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur as 2.38× the size of Chiang Mai instead of 1.38×.
Together Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Chiang Mai cover 54,100 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 1.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 8,590 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Chiang Mai's density, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have 2.5 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's density, Chiang Mai would have 3.8 million (it has 1.8 million).
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's centre is 25.2° of latitude, about 2,800 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the 10th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.9% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Chiang Mai is the largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 4.4% of its area; it is the 64th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,800 km) north of Chiang Mai.
Shared out evenly, each person in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have about 6,060 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
Laid side by side, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Chiang Mai would cover 54,100 km², about the same size as Croatia.
Together they have 7.0 million people, about as many people as Laos.

Side by side

	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	Chiang Mai
Is a	RegionFrance	ProvinceThailand
Area, measured	31,300 km²12,100 mi²	22,800 km²8,790 mi²
Official area	31,400 km²Wikidata	22,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 18in France	1st of 77in Thailand
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2022	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	7th of 18in France	5th of 77in Thailand
Density	165 per km²	78 per km²
Capital	Marseille	Chiang Mai
Latitude range	43°N to 45°N	17°N to 20°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 31,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 31,300 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 22,800 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,300 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. The outline of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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