Surat Thani is 1.19× the size of Murcia

What fits

• Murcia is 84% of the size of Surat Thani.
• Surat Thani is larger by 2,140 km² (825 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Murcia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Surat Thani is about 0.44, Murcia about 0.37.

How they differ

• Surat Thani is larger, but Murcia has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.1 million, 1.47× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 139 in Murcia against 79 in Surat Thani: Murcia is 1.75× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,300 km apart.
• On a standard web map Murcia looks larger than Surat Thani: Surat Thani at 9°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Murcia at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Murcia as 1.32× the size of Surat Thani, when Surat Thani is 1.19× the size of Murcia.
• Together Surat Thani and Murcia cover 24,800 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 2.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,140 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Murcia's density, Surat Thani would have 1.9 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Surat Thani's density, Murcia would have 898,000 (it has 1.6 million).
• Murcia's centre is 29.0° of latitude, about 3,220 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.
• Murcia is the 9th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Murcia lies about 29° of latitude (roughly 3,220 km) north of Surat Thani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Surat Thani would have about 12,590 m² and each person in Murcia about 7,190 m².
• Laid side by side, Surat Thani and Murcia would cover 24,800 km², about the same size as Rwanda.
• Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as the Gambia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. 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 11,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,300 km², to within 2%.

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