Vanuatu is 1.05× the size of Nan
Vanuatu (Oceania) covers about 12,300 km² (4,750 mi²) and Nan (province of Thailand) about 11,700 km² (4,530 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 12,300km²Vanuatu
- 11,700km²Nan
100 km
- Vanuatu
- Nan
What fits
- Nan is 95% of the size of Vanuatu.
- Vanuatu is larger by 575 km² (222 mi²), which is 4.9% of the area of Nan.
- Measured in Belgiums: Vanuatu is about 0.40, Nan about 0.38.
How they differ
- Vanuatu is larger, but Nan has the larger population: 477,000 against 300,000, 1.59× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 41 in Nan against 24 in Vanuatu: Nan is 1.67× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,290 km apart.
- Together Vanuatu and Nan cover 24,000 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 5.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 575 km², is about the size of Isle of Man (575 km²).
- At Nan's density, Vanuatu would have 500,000 people (it has 300,000). At Vanuatu's density, Nan would have 286,000 (it has 477,000).
- Nan's centre is 35.0° of latitude, about 3,900 km, farther north than Vanuatu's.
- Vanuatu ranks 163rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Nan is the 11th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 76th most densely populated of them.
- Nan lies about 35° of latitude (roughly 3,900 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 Nan about 24,590 m².
- Laid side by side, Vanuatu and Nan would cover 24,000 km², 95% of the size of Rwanda.
- Together they have 777,000 people, about as many people as Bhutan.
- Counted as a country, Nan would rank 163rd by area and 174th by population.
Side by side
| Vanuatu | Nan | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryOceania | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 12,300 km²4,750 mi² | 11,700 km²4,530 mi² |
| Official area | 12,200 km²Wikidata | 11,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 162nd of 239worldwide | 11th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 300,000Wikidata, 2020 | 477,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 179th of 237worldwide | 58th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 24 per km² | 41 per km² |
| Capital | Port Vila | Nan |
| Latitude range | 20°S to 13°S | 18°N to 20°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%.
- Our measured 11,700 km² is 2.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 11,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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