Vanuatu is 3.03× the size of Phang Nga
Vanuatu (Oceania) covers about 12,300 km² (4,750 mi²) and Phang Nga (province of Thailand) about 4,060 km² (1,570 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 12,300km²Vanuatu
- 4,060km²Phang Nga
100 km
- Vanuatu
- Phang Nga
What fits
- Phang Nga fits inside Vanuatu about 3.03 times by area.
- Vanuatu is larger by 8,240 km² (3,180 mi²), which is 203% of the area of Phang Nga.
- Measured in Belgiums: Vanuatu is about 0.40, Phang Nga about 0.13.
How they differ
- Vanuatu also has the larger population: 300,000 against 268,000, 1.12× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 66 in Phang Nga against 24 in Vanuatu: Phang Nga is 2.71× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,110 km apart.
- Together Vanuatu and Phang Nga cover 16,400 km², close to the size of Eswatini (17,100 km², 4.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 8,240 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Phang Nga's density, Vanuatu would have 813,000 people (it has 300,000). At Vanuatu's density, Phang Nga would have 99,000 (it has 268,000).
- Phang Nga's centre is 24.9° of latitude, about 2,770 km, farther north than Vanuatu's.
- Vanuatu ranks 163rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Phang Nga is the 54th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 68th most densely populated of them.
- Phang Nga lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,770 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 Phang Nga about 15,120 m².
- Laid side by side, Vanuatu and Phang Nga would cover 16,400 km², 96% of the size of Eswatini.
- Together they have 568,000 people, about as many people as Suriname.
- Counted as a country, Phang Nga would rank 175th by area and 182nd by population.
Side by side
| Vanuatu | Phang Nga | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryOceania | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 12,300 km²4,750 mi² | 4,060 km²1,570 mi² |
| Official area | 12,200 km²Wikidata | 4,170 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 162nd of 239worldwide | 54th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 300,000Wikidata, 2020 | 268,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 179th of 237worldwide | 72nd of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 24 per km² | 66 per km² |
| Capital | Port Vila | Phang Nga |
| Latitude range | 20°S to 13°S | 8°N to 9°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 4,060 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,170 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