Surat Thani is 1.07× the size of Bahamas

What fits

• Bahamas is 94% of the size of Surat Thani.
• Surat Thani is larger by 843 km² (326 mi²), which is 6.7% of the area of Bahamas.
• Measured in Belgiums: Surat Thani is about 0.44, Bahamas about 0.41.

How they differ

• Surat Thani also has the larger population: 1.1 million against 399,000, 2.67× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 79 in Surat Thani against 32 in Bahamas: Surat Thani is 2.51× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,300 km apart.
• On a standard web map Bahamas looks larger than Surat Thani: Surat Thani at 9°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Bahamas at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Bahamas as 1.10× the size of Surat Thani, when Surat Thani is 1.07× the size of Bahamas.
• Together Surat Thani and Bahamas cover 26,100 km², close to the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km², 2.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 843 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
• At Bahamas's density, Surat Thani would have 426,000 people (it has 1.1 million). At Surat Thani's density, Bahamas would have 1.0 million (it has 399,000).
• Bahamas's centre is 15.2° of latitude, about 1,690 km, farther north than Surat Thani's.
• 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.
• Bahamas ranks 162nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Bahamas lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,690 km) north of Surat Thani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Surat Thani would have about 12,590 m² and each person in Bahamas about 31,550 m².
• Laid side by side, Surat Thani and Bahamas would cover 26,100 km², about the same size as Equatorial Guinea.
• Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.05× as many people as East Timor.
• Counted as a country, Surat Thani would rank 161st by area and 162nd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• 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.
• Our measured 12,600 km² is 9.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 13,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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