West Virginia is 2.76× the size of Chiang Mai

West Virginia (state of the United States) covers about 62,700 km² (24,200 mi²) and Chiang Mai (province of Thailand) about 22,800 km² (8,790 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

62,700km²West Virginia
22,800km²Chiang Mai

100 km

West Virginia
Chiang Mai

What fits

Chiang Mai fits inside West Virginia about 2.76 times by area.
West Virginia is larger by 40,000 km² (15,400 mi²), which is 176% of the area of Chiang Mai.
Measured in Belgiums: West Virginia is about 2.05, Chiang Mai about 0.74.

How they differ

West Virginia also has the larger population: 1.8 million against 1.8 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 78 in Chiang Mai against 29 in West Virginia: Chiang Mai is 2.74× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,600 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: West Virginia at 39°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Chiang Mai at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows West Virginia as 4.05× the size of Chiang Mai instead of 2.76×.
Together West Virginia and Chiang Mai cover 85,500 km², close to the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 40,000 km², is about the size of Bhutan (40,400 km²).
At Chiang Mai's density, West Virginia would have 4.9 million people (it has 1.8 million). At West Virginia's density, Chiang Mai would have 651,000 (it has 1.8 million).
West Virginia's centre is 19.9° of latitude, about 2,210 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
West Virginia is the 41st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Chiang Mai is the largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 4.4% of its area; it is the 64th most densely populated of them.
West Virginia lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,210 km) north of Chiang Mai.
Shared out evenly, each person in West Virginia would have about 34,980 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
Laid side by side, West Virginia and Chiang Mai would cover 85,500 km², about the same size as Azerbaijan.
Together they have 3.6 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

	West Virginia	Chiang Mai
Is a	StateUnited States	ProvinceThailand
Area, measured	62,700 km²24,200 mi²	22,800 km²8,790 mi²
Official area	62,800 km²Wikidata	22,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	41st of 51in the United States	1st of 77in Thailand
Population	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	39th of 51in the United States	5th of 77in Thailand
Density	29 per km²	78 per km²
Capital	Charleston	Chiang Mai
Latitude range	37°N to 41°N	17°N to 20°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 62,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 62,700 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 22,800 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,300 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
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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