Surat Thani is 1.17× the size of Tianjin

What fits

• Tianjin is 85% of the size of Surat Thani.
• Surat Thani is larger by 1,970 km² (761 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Tianjin.
• Measured in Belgiums: Surat Thani is about 0.44, Tianjin about 0.37.

How they differ

• Surat Thani is larger, but Tianjin has the larger population: 13.9 million against 1.1 million, 13.0× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 1,208 in Tianjin against 79 in Surat Thani: Tianjin is 15.2× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,820 km apart.
• On a standard web map Tianjin looks larger than Surat Thani: Surat Thani at 9°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Tianjin at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Tianjin as 1.39× the size of Surat Thani, when Surat Thani is 1.17× the size of Tianjin.
• Together Surat Thani and Tianjin cover 24,900 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 1.5% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,970 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Tianjin's density, Surat Thani would have 16.2 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Surat Thani's density, Tianjin would have 911,000 (it has 13.9 million).
• Tianjin's centre is 30.2° of latitude, about 3,360 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.
• Tianjin is the 30th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Tianjin lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,360 km) north of Surat Thani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Surat Thani would have about 12,590 m² and each person in Tianjin about 830 m².
• Laid side by side, Surat Thani and Tianjin would cover 24,900 km², about the same size as Rwanda.
• Together they have 14.9 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.

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 11,500 km² is 3.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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