Wakayama is 2.10× the size of Nakhon Pathom

What fits

• Nakhon Pathom fits inside Wakayama about 2.10 times by area.
• Wakayama is larger by 2,320 km² (898 mi²), which is 110% of the area of Nakhon Pathom.
• Measured in Belgiums: Wakayama is about 0.14, Nakhon Pathom about 0.07.

How they differ

• Wakayama is larger, but Nakhon Pathom has the larger population: 921,000 against 911,000, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 438 in Nakhon Pathom against 206 in Wakayama: Nakhon Pathom is 2.13× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,190 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Wakayama at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Nakhon Pathom at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Wakayama as 2.88× the size of Nakhon Pathom instead of 2.10×.
• Together Wakayama and Nakhon Pathom cover 6,530 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 7.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,320 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Nakhon Pathom's density, Wakayama would have 1.9 million people (it has 911,000). At Wakayama's density, Nakhon Pathom would have 433,000 (it has 921,000).
• Wakayama's centre is 20.0° of latitude, about 2,220 km, farther north than Nakhon Pathom's.
• Wakayama is the 32nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
• Nakhon Pathom is the 67th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.4% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
• Wakayama lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,220 km) north of Nakhon Pathom.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Wakayama would have about 4,860 m² and each person in Nakhon Pathom about 2,290 m².
• Laid side by side, Wakayama and Nakhon Pathom would cover 6,530 km², 1.14× the size of Brunei.
• Together they have 1.8 million people, about as many people as North Macedonia.
• Nakhon Pathom is drawn from 42 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 4,430 km² is 6.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,730 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Our measured 2,100 km² is 3.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 2,170 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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