Surat Thani is 1.71× the size of Miyazaki

What fits

• Miyazaki is 58% of the size of Surat Thani.
• Surat Thani is larger by 5,590 km² (2,160 mi²), which is 71% of the area of Miyazaki.
• Measured in Belgiums: Surat Thani is about 0.44, Miyazaki about 0.26.

How they differ

• Surat Thani also has the larger population: 1.1 million against 1.1 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 135 in Miyazaki against 79 in Surat Thani: Miyazaki is 1.70× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,190 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Surat Thani at 9°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Miyazaki at 32°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Surat Thani as 1.26× the size of Miyazaki instead of 1.71×.
• Together Surat Thani and Miyazaki cover 21,300 km², close to the size of Djibouti (21,800 km², 2.6% bigger).
• The gap between them, 5,590 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
• At Miyazaki's density, Surat Thani would have 1.8 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Surat Thani's density, Miyazaki would have 624,000 (it has 1.1 million).
• Miyazaki's centre is 23.1° of latitude, about 2,570 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.
• Miyazaki is the 13th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 39th most densely populated of them.
• Miyazaki lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,570 km) north of Surat Thani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Surat Thani would have about 12,590 m² and each person in Miyazaki about 7,400 m².
• Laid side by side, Surat Thani and Miyazaki would cover 21,300 km², about the same size as Djibouti.
• Together they have 2.1 million people, about as many people as Slovenia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. 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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 7,740 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,860 km², to within 2%.

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