Saarland is 1.70× the size of Bangkok
Saarland (state of Germany) covers about 2,650 km² (1,020 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.
- 2,650km²Saarland
- 1,560km²Bangkok
20 km
- Saarland
- Bangkok
What fits
- Bangkok is 59% of the size of Saarland.
- Saarland is larger by 1,090 km² (421 mi²), which is 70% of the area of Bangkok.
- Measured in Belgiums: Saarland is about 0.09, Bangkok about 0.05.
How they differ
- Saarland is larger, but Bangkok has the larger population: 5.7 million against 1.0 million, 5.64× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,630 in Bangkok against 379 in Saarland: Bangkok is 9.57× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,110 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Saarland at 49°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Bangkok at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Saarland as 3.78× the size of Bangkok instead of 1.70×.
- Together Saarland and Bangkok cover 4,220 km², close to the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km², 6.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,090 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Bangkok's density, Saarland would have 9.6 million people (it has 1.0 million). At Saarland's density, Bangkok would have 593,000 (it has 5.7 million).
- Saarland's centre is 35.6° of latitude, about 3,960 km, farther north than Bangkok's.
- 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.
- 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.
- Saarland lies about 36° of latitude (roughly 3,960 km) north of Bangkok.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Saarland would have about 2,640 m² and each person in Bangkok about 280 m².
- Laid side by side, Saarland and Bangkok would cover 4,220 km², 1.07× the size of Cape Verde.
- Together they have 6.7 million people, about as many people as Serbia.
- 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
| Saarland | Bangkok | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateGermany | Special administrative areaThailand |
| Area, measured | 2,650 km²1,020 mi² | 1,560 km²604 mi² |
| Official area | 2,570 km²Wikidata | 1,570 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 16in Germany | 69th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 1.0 millionWikidata, 2022 | 5.7 millionWikidata, 2018 |
| Rank by population | 15th of 16in Germany | 1st of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 379 per km² | 3,630 per km² |
| Capital | Saarbrücken | – |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 50°N | 13°N to 14°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2018. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- 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.
- 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