Suriname is 172× the size of Samut Sakhon

What fits

• Samut Sakhon fits inside Suriname about 172 times by area.
• Suriname is larger by 144,000 km² (55,700 mi²), which is 17,119% of the area of Samut Sakhon.
• Measured in Belgiums: Suriname is about 4.73, Samut Sakhon about 0.03.

How they differ

• Suriname is larger, but Samut Sakhon has the larger population: 586,000 against 563,000, 1.04× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 696 in Samut Sakhon against 3.9 in Suriname: Samut Sakhon is 179× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,700 km apart.
• Together Suriname and Samut Sakhon cover 146,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 144,000 km², is about the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km²).
• At Samut Sakhon's density, Suriname would have 100.9 million people (it has 563,000). At Suriname's density, Samut Sakhon would have 3,270 (it has 586,000).
• Samut Sakhon's centre is 9.4° of latitude, about 1,050 km, farther north than Suriname's.
• Suriname ranks 95th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Samut Sakhon is the 74th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• Samut Sakhon lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,050 km) north of Suriname.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Suriname would have about 257,580 m² and each person in Samut Sakhon about 1,440 m².
• Laid side by side, Suriname and Samut Sakhon would cover 146,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
• Together they have 1.1 million people, about as many people as Djibouti.
• Samut Sakhon is drawn from 27 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
• Counted as a country, Samut Sakhon would rank 186th by area and 170th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 145,000 km² is 11% below Wikidata's official figure of 163,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Our measured 843 km² is 3.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 872 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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