Vanuatu is 4.96× the size of Chai Nat
Vanuatu (Oceania) covers about 12,300 km² (4,750 mi²) and Chai Nat (province of Thailand) about 2,480 km² (958 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 12,300km²Vanuatu
- 2,480km²Chai Nat
100 km
- Vanuatu
- Chai Nat
What fits
- Chai Nat fits inside Vanuatu about 4.96 times by area.
- Vanuatu is larger by 9,820 km² (3,790 mi²), which is 396% of the area of Chai Nat.
- Measured in Belgiums: Vanuatu is about 0.40, Chai Nat about 0.08.
How they differ
- Vanuatu is larger, but Chai Nat has the larger population: 322,000 against 300,000, 1.07× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 130 in Chai Nat against 24 in Vanuatu: Chai Nat is 5.33× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,200 km apart.
- Together Vanuatu and Chai Nat cover 14,800 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 2.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 9,820 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Chai Nat's density, Vanuatu would have 1.6 million people (it has 300,000). At Vanuatu's density, Chai Nat would have 61,000 (it has 322,000).
- Chai Nat's centre is 31.3° of latitude, about 3,480 km, farther north than Vanuatu's.
- Vanuatu ranks 163rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Chai Nat is the 65th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 33rd most densely populated of them.
- Chai Nat lies about 31° of latitude (roughly 3,480 km) north of Vanuatu, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Vanuatu would have about 40,990 m² and each person in Chai Nat about 7,690 m².
- Laid side by side, Vanuatu and Chai Nat would cover 14,800 km², about the same size as East Timor.
- Together they have 622,000 people, about as many people as Montenegro.
- Chai Nat is drawn from 60 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, Chai Nat would rank 181st by area and 178th by population.
Side by side
| Vanuatu | Chai Nat | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryOceania | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 12,300 km²4,750 mi² | 2,480 km²958 mi² |
| Official area | 12,200 km²Wikidata | 2,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 162nd of 239worldwide | 65th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 300,000Wikidata, 2020 | 322,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 179th of 237worldwide | 69th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 24 per km² | 130 per km² |
| Capital | Port Vila | Chai Nat |
| Latitude range | 20°S to 13°S | 15°N to 15°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 12,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,300 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,480 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- 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