Schleswig-Holstein is 1.24× the size of Phetchabun

Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) covers about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²) and Phetchabun (province of Thailand) about 12,400 km² (4,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
12,400km²Phetchabun

50 km

Schleswig-Holstein
Phetchabun

What fits

Phetchabun is 81% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 3,000 km² (1,160 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Phetchabun.
Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Phetchabun about 0.41.

How they differ

Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 982,000, 3.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 79 in Phetchabun: Schleswig-Holstein is 2.42× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,630 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Phetchabun at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 3.34× the size of Phetchabun instead of 1.24×.
Together Schleswig-Holstein and Phetchabun cover 27,900 km², close to the size of Albania (28,300 km², 1.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 3,000 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Phetchabun's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 1.2 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Phetchabun would have 2.4 million (it has 982,000).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 37.9° of latitude, about 4,220 km, farther north than Phetchabun'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.
Phetchabun is the 10th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 63rd most densely populated of them.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 38° of latitude (roughly 4,220 km) north of Phetchabun.
Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Phetchabun about 12,660 m².
Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Phetchabun would cover 27,900 km², about the same size as Albania.
Together they have 3.9 million people, about as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

	Schleswig-Holstein	Phetchabun
Is a	StateGermany	ProvinceThailand
Area, measured	15,400 km²5,960 mi²	12,400 km²4,800 mi²
Official area	15,800 km²Wikidata	12,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 16in Germany	10th of 77in Thailand
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022	982,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	9th of 16in Germany	22nd of 77in Thailand
Density	191 per km²	79 per km²
Capital	Kiel	Phetchabun
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	15°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 12,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,400 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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