Ubon Ratchathani is 1.04× the size of Fukushima

What fits

• Fukushima is 96% of the size of Ubon Ratchathani.
• Ubon Ratchathani is larger by 538 km² (208 mi²), which is 3.8% of the area of Fukushima.
• Measured in Belgiums: Ubon Ratchathani is about 0.47, Fukushima about 0.46.

How they differ

• Ubon Ratchathani also has the larger population: 1.9 million against 1.8 million, 1.02× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 131 in Fukushima against 129 in Ubon Ratchathani: Fukushima is 1.02× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,240 km apart.
• On a standard web map Fukushima looks larger than Ubon Ratchathani: Ubon Ratchathani at 15°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Fukushima at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Fukushima as 1.42× the size of Ubon Ratchathani, when Ubon Ratchathani is 1.04× the size of Fukushima.
• Together Ubon Ratchathani and Fukushima cover 28,500 km², close to the size of Albania (28,300 km², 0.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 538 km², is about the size of Singapore (511 km²).
• At Fukushima's density, Ubon Ratchathani would have 1.9 million people (it has 1.9 million). At Ubon Ratchathani's density, Fukushima would have 1.8 million (it has 1.8 million).
• Fukushima's centre is 22.2° of latitude, about 2,470 km, farther north than Ubon Ratchathani's.
• Ubon Ratchathani is the 5th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.8% of its area; it is the 35th most densely populated of them.
• Fukushima is the 3rd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
• Fukushima lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,470 km) north of Ubon Ratchathani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Ubon Ratchathani would have about 7,780 m² and each person in Fukushima about 7,660 m².
• Laid side by side, Ubon Ratchathani and Fukushima would cover 28,500 km², about the same size as Albania.
• Together they have 3.7 million people, 97% as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 14,500 km² is 7.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 13,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 14,000 km², to within 2%.

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