Valencian Community is 1.12× the size of Nakhon Ratchasima

Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²) and Nakhon Ratchasima (province of Thailand) about 20,800 km² (8,020 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,300km²Valencian Community
20,800km²Nakhon Ratchasima

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Valencian Community
Nakhon Ratchasima

What fits

Nakhon Ratchasima is 89% of the size of Valencian Community.
Valencian Community is larger by 2,510 km² (968 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Nakhon Ratchasima.
Measured in Belgiums: Valencian Community is about 0.76, Nakhon Ratchasima about 0.68.

How they differ

Valencian Community also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 2.6 million, 2.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 229 in Valencian Community against 127 in Nakhon Ratchasima: Valencian Community is 1.80× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,000 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Valencian Community at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Nakhon Ratchasima at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Valencian Community as 1.75× the size of Nakhon Ratchasima instead of 1.12×.
Together Valencian Community and Nakhon Ratchasima cover 44,000 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 3.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,510 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Nakhon Ratchasima's density, Valencian Community would have 3.0 million people (it has 5.3 million). At Valencian Community's density, Nakhon Ratchasima would have 4.7 million (it has 2.6 million).
Valencian Community's centre is 24.4° of latitude, about 2,720 km, farther north than Nakhon Ratchasima's.
Valencian Community is the 8th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 4.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Nakhon Ratchasima is the 2nd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 4.0% of its area; it is the 37th most densely populated of them.
Valencian Community lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,720 km) north of Nakhon Ratchasima.
Shared out evenly, each person in Valencian Community would have about 4,380 m² and each person in Nakhon Ratchasima about 7,880 m².
Laid side by side, Valencian Community and Nakhon Ratchasima would cover 44,000 km², 1.03× the size of Denmark.
Together they have 7.9 million people, about as many people as Togo.

Side by side

	Valencian Community	Nakhon Ratchasima
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	ProvinceThailand
Area, measured	23,300 km²8,980 mi²	20,800 km²8,020 mi²
Official area	23,300 km²Wikidata	20,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 19in Spain	2nd of 77in Thailand
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	2.6 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	4th of 19in Spain	2nd of 77in Thailand
Density	229 per km²	127 per km²
Capital	Valencia	Nakhon Ratchasima
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	14°N to 16°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 23,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,300 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 20,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,800 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Valencian Community is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
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: 2026-11-12

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