Surat Thani is 1.45× the size of Yamagata

What fits

• Yamagata is 69% of the size of Surat Thani.
• Surat Thani is larger by 4,200 km² (1,620 mi²), which is 45% of the area of Yamagata.
• Measured in Belgiums: Surat Thani is about 0.44, Yamagata about 0.30.

How they differ

• Surat Thani also has the larger population: 1.1 million against 1.1 million, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 115 in Yamagata against 79 in Surat Thani: Yamagata is 1.45× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,230 km apart.
• On a standard web map Yamagata looks larger than Surat Thani: Surat Thani at 9°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Yamagata at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Yamagata as 1.09× the size of Surat Thani, when Surat Thani is 1.45× the size of Yamagata.
• Together Surat Thani and Yamagata cover 22,700 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 1.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 4,200 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
• At Yamagata's density, Surat Thani would have 1.5 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Surat Thani's density, Yamagata would have 734,000 (it has 1.1 million).
• Yamagata's centre is 29.4° of latitude, about 3,270 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.
• Yamagata is the 9th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.5% of its area; it is the 42nd most densely populated of them.
• Yamagata lies about 29° of latitude (roughly 3,270 km) north of Surat Thani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Surat Thani would have about 12,590 m² and each person in Yamagata about 8,690 m².
• Laid side by side, Surat Thani and Yamagata would cover 22,700 km², about the same size as Belize.
• Together they have 2.1 million people, 1.03× 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 9,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,240 km², to within 2%.

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