Surat Thani is 1.06× the size of Connecticut

What fits

• Connecticut is 94% of the size of Surat Thani.
• Surat Thani is larger by 743 km² (287 mi²), which is 5.8% of the area of Connecticut.
• Measured in Belgiums: Surat Thani is about 0.44, Connecticut about 0.41.

How they differ

• Surat Thani is larger, but Connecticut has the larger population: 3.6 million against 1.1 million, 3.38× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 79 in Surat Thani: Connecticut is 3.57× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 14,300 km apart.
• On a standard web map Connecticut looks larger than Surat Thani: Surat Thani at 9°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Connecticut at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Connecticut as 1.65× the size of Surat Thani, when Surat Thani is 1.06× the size of Connecticut.
• Together Surat Thani and Connecticut cover 26,200 km², close to the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km², 2.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 743 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
• At Connecticut's density, Surat Thani would have 3.8 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Surat Thani's density, Connecticut would have 1.0 million (it has 3.6 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 32.6° of latitude, about 3,620 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.
• Connecticut is the 48th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut lies about 33° of latitude (roughly 3,620 km) north of Surat Thani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Surat Thani would have about 12,590 m² and each person in Connecticut about 3,520 m².
• Laid side by side, Surat Thani and Connecticut would cover 26,200 km², about the same size as Equatorial Guinea.
• Together they have 4.7 million people, about as many people as Mauritania.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020. 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 12,700 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 14,400 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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