Schleswig-Holstein is 1.62× the size of Sakon Nakhon

What fits

• Sakon Nakhon is 62% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
• Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 5,880 km² (2,270 mi²), which is 62% of the area of Sakon Nakhon.
• Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Sakon Nakhon about 0.31.

How they differ

• Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.1 million, 2.57× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 120 in Sakon Nakhon: Schleswig-Holstein is 1.59× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,700 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Sakon Nakhon at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 4.29× the size of Sakon Nakhon instead of 1.62×.
• Together Schleswig-Holstein and Sakon Nakhon cover 25,000 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 1.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 5,880 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
• At Sakon Nakhon's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 1.9 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Sakon Nakhon would have 1.8 million (it has 1.1 million).
• Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 36.8° of latitude, about 4,090 km, farther north than Sakon Nakhon'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.
• Sakon Nakhon is the 20th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 41st most densely populated of them.
• Schleswig-Holstein lies about 37° of latitude (roughly 4,090 km) north of Sakon Nakhon.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Sakon Nakhon about 8,330 m².
• Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Sakon Nakhon would cover 25,000 km², about the same size as Rwanda.
• Together they have 4.1 million people, 1.04× as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

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 9,610 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,560 km², to within 2%.

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