Schleswig-Holstein is 1.44× the size of Khon Kaen

Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) covers about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²) and Khon Kaen (province of Thailand) about 10,700 km² (4,130 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
10,700km²Khon Kaen

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Schleswig-Holstein
Khon Kaen

What fits

Khon Kaen is 69% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 4,740 km² (1,830 mi²), which is 44% of the area of Khon Kaen.
Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Khon Kaen about 0.35.

How they differ

Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.8 million, 1.65× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 168 in Khon Kaen: Schleswig-Holstein is 1.14× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,710 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Khon Kaen at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 3.88× the size of Khon Kaen instead of 1.44×.
Together Schleswig-Holstein and Khon Kaen cover 26,100 km², close to the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km², 2.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,740 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Khon Kaen's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 2.6 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Khon Kaen would have 2.0 million (it has 1.8 million).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 37.8° of latitude, about 4,200 km, farther north than Khon Kaen's.
Schleswig-Holstein is the 12th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Khon Kaen is the 14th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 38° of latitude (roughly 4,200 km) north of Khon Kaen.
Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Khon Kaen about 5,960 m².
Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Khon Kaen would cover 26,100 km², about the same size as Equatorial Guinea.
Together they have 4.7 million people, about as many people as Mauritania.

Side by side

	Schleswig-Holstein	Khon Kaen
Is a	StateGermany	ProvinceThailand
Area, measured	15,400 km²5,960 mi²	10,700 km²4,130 mi²
Official area	15,800 km²Wikidata	10,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 16in Germany	14th of 77in Thailand
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	9th of 16in Germany	4th of 77in Thailand
Density	191 per km²	168 per km²
Capital	Kiel	Khon Kaen
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	16°N to 17°N

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

Our measured 15,400 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 10,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,700 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

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