Samut Sakhon is 1.22× the size of Bahrain

What fits

• Bahrain is 82% of the size of Samut Sakhon.
• Samut Sakhon is larger by 155 km² (59.7 mi²), which is 22% of the area of Bahrain.
• Measured in Belgiums: Samut Sakhon is about 0.03, Bahrain about 0.02.

How they differ

• Samut Sakhon is larger, but Bahrain has the larger population: 1.6 million against 586,000, 2.68× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 2,281 in Bahrain against 696 in Samut Sakhon: Bahrain is 3.28× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,340 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Samut Sakhon at 14°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Bahrain at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Samut Sakhon as 1.05× the size of Bahrain instead of 1.22×.
• Together Samut Sakhon and Bahrain cover 1,530 km², close to the size of Comoros (1,670 km², 9.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 155 km², is about the size of Marshall Islands (165 km²).
• At Bahrain's density, Samut Sakhon would have 1.9 million people (it has 586,000). At Samut Sakhon's density, Bahrain would have 479,000 (it has 1.6 million).
• Bahrain's centre is 12.5° of latitude, about 1,390 km, farther north than Samut Sakhon's.
• Samut Sakhon is the 74th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• Bahrain ranks 189th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Bahrain lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,390 km) north of Samut Sakhon.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Samut Sakhon would have about 1,440 m² and each person in Bahrain about 440 m².
• Laid side by side, Samut Sakhon and Bahrain would cover 1,530 km², 92% of the size of the Comoros.
• Together they have 2.2 million people, 1.04× as many people as Slovenia.
• Samut Sakhon is drawn from 27 points and Bahrain is drawn from 84 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
• Counted as a country, Samut Sakhon would rank 186th by area and 170th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 843 km² is 3.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 872 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 688 km² is 13% below Wikidata's official figure of 787 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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