Schleswig-Holstein is 1.15× the size of Surat Thani

What fits

• Surat Thani is 87% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
• Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 1,990 km² (768 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Surat Thani.
• Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Surat Thani about 0.44.

How they differ

• Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.1 million, 2.77× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 79 in Surat Thani: Schleswig-Holstein is 2.41× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,140 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Surat Thani at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 3.27× the size of Surat Thani instead of 1.15×.
• Together Schleswig-Holstein and Surat Thani cover 28,900 km², close to the size of Albania (28,300 km², 1.9% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,990 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Surat Thani's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 1.2 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Surat Thani would have 2.6 million (it has 1.1 million).
• Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 45.1° of latitude, about 5,020 km, farther north than Surat Thani'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.
• Surat Thani is the 7th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 61st most densely populated of them.
• Schleswig-Holstein lies about 45° of latitude (roughly 5,020 km) north of Surat Thani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Surat Thani about 12,590 m².
• Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Surat Thani would cover 28,900 km², about the same size as Albania.
• Together they have 4.0 million people, about 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.
• Our measured 13,400 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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