Schleswig-Holstein is 1.23× the size of Lampang

Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) covers about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²) and Lampang (province of Thailand) about 12,500 km² (4,830 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
12,500km²Lampang

50 km

Schleswig-Holstein
Lampang

What fits

Lampang is 81% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 2,910 km² (1,130 mi²), which is 23% of the area of Lampang.
Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Lampang about 0.41.

How they differ

Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 729,000, 4.05× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 58 in Lampang: Schleswig-Holstein is 3.29× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,340 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Lampang at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 3.24× the size of Lampang instead of 1.23×.
Together Schleswig-Holstein and Lampang cover 28,000 km², close to the size of Albania (28,300 km², 1.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,910 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Lampang's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 899,000 people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Lampang would have 2.4 million (it has 729,000).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 35.8° of latitude, about 3,980 km, farther north than Lampang'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.
Lampang is the 9th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 71st most densely populated of them.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 36° of latitude (roughly 3,980 km) north of Lampang.
Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Lampang about 17,180 m².
Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Lampang would cover 28,000 km², about the same size as Albania.
Together they have 3.7 million people, 96% as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Side by side

	Schleswig-Holstein	Lampang
Is a	StateGermany	ProvinceThailand
Area, measured	15,400 km²5,960 mi²	12,500 km²4,830 mi²
Official area	15,800 km²Wikidata	12,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 16in Germany	9th of 77in Thailand
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022	729,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	9th of 16in Germany	34th of 77in Thailand
Density	191 per km²	58 per km²
Capital	Kiel	Lampang
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	17°N to 20°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 12,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,500 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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