Thailand is 1.09× the size of Somalia

Thailand covers about 514,000 km² (199,000 mi²) and Somalia about 472,000 km² (182,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

514,000km²Thailand
472,000km²Somalia

200 km

Thailand
Somalia

What fits

Somalia is 92% of the size of Thailand.
Thailand is larger by 42,600 km² (16,500 mi²), which is 9.0% of the area of Somalia.
Measured in Belgiums: Thailand is about 16.8, Somalia about 15.4.

How they differ

Thailand also has the larger population: 66.2 million against 11.0 million, 6.00× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 129 in Thailand against 23 in Somalia: Thailand is 5.50× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,150 km apart.
Together Thailand and Somalia cover 986,000 km², close to the size of Egypt (1,001,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 42,600 km², is about the size of Denmark (42,700 km²).
At Somalia's density, Thailand would have 12.0 million people (it has 66.2 million). At Thailand's density, Somalia would have 60.7 million (it has 11.0 million).
Thailand's centre is 10.3° of latitude, about 1,150 km, farther north than Somalia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Thailand	1.09×
More people	Thailand	6.00×
More crowded	Thailand	5.50×
Farther north	Thailand	10.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Thailand	1.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Thailand	Somalia
Belgium 30,700 km²	16.8×	15.4×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	2.11×	1.94×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.44×	1.32×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.38×	1.26×
France 548,000 km²	0.94×	0.86×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.16×	0.15×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.06×	0.06×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Thailand	Somalia
Area, main territory	514,000 km²199,000 mi²	472,000 km²182,000 mi²
Population	66.2 millionWikidata, 2017	11.0 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	129 per km²	23 per km²
Official area	513,000 km²Wikidata	638,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Bangkok	Mogadishu
Latitude range	6°N to 20°N	2°S to 12°N
Continent	Asia	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 513,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 514,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 472,000 km² is 26% below Wikidata's official figure of 638,000 km². The official figure includes Somaliland, which Natural Earth draws as a separate place; together they measure 639,000 km².

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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