Rhode Island is 1.81× the size of Bangkok
Rhode Island (state of the United States) covers about 2,830 km² (1,090 mi²) and Bangkok (special administrative area of Thailand) about 1,560 km² (604 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 2,830km²Rhode Island
- 1,560km²Bangkok
20 km
- Rhode Island
- Bangkok
What fits
- Bangkok is 55% of the size of Rhode Island.
- Rhode Island is larger by 1,270 km² (490 mi²), which is 81% of the area of Bangkok.
- Measured in Belgiums: Rhode Island is about 0.09, Bangkok about 0.05.
How they differ
- Rhode Island is larger, but Bangkok has the larger population: 5.7 million against 1.1 million, 5.17× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,630 in Bangkok against 387 in Rhode Island: Bangkok is 9.37× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,800 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Rhode Island at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Bangkok at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Rhode Island as 3.06× the size of Bangkok instead of 1.81×.
- Together Rhode Island and Bangkok cover 4,400 km², close to the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km², 11% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,270 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Bangkok's density, Rhode Island would have 10.3 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Rhode Island's density, Bangkok would have 606,000 (it has 5.7 million).
- Rhode Island's centre is 27.9° of latitude, about 3,100 km, farther north than Bangkok's.
- 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.
- Bangkok is the 69th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Rhode Island lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,100 km) north of Bangkok.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Rhode Island would have about 2,580 m² and each person in Bangkok about 280 m².
- Laid side by side, Rhode Island and Bangkok would cover 4,400 km², 1.12× the size of Cape Verde.
- Together they have 6.8 million people, about as many people as Paraguay.
- Bangkok is drawn from 40 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
Side by side
| Rhode Island | Bangkok | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | Special administrative areaThailand |
| Area, measured | 2,830 km²1,090 mi² | 1,560 km²604 mi² |
| Official area | 3,140 km²Wikidata | 1,570 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 50th of 51in the United States | 69th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2020 | 5.7 millionWikidata, 2018 |
| Rank by population | 43rd of 51in the United States | 1st of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 387 per km² | 3,630 per km² |
| Capital | Providence | – |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 13°N to 14°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2018. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- 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.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,570 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,560 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