Yucatán is 1.69× the size of Chiang Mai
Yucatán (state of Mexico) covers about 38,400 km² (14,800 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.
- 38,400km²Yucatán
- 22,800km²Chiang Mai
100 km
- Yucatán
- Chiang Mai
What fits
- Chiang Mai is 59% of the size of Yucatán.
- Yucatán is larger by 15,600 km² (6,030 mi²), which is 69% of the area of Chiang Mai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Yucatán is about 1.25, Chiang Mai about 0.74.
How they differ
- Yucatán also has the larger population: 2.3 million against 1.8 million, 1.30× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 78 in Chiang Mai against 60 in Yucatán: Chiang Mai is 1.30× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 15,500 km apart.
- Together Yucatán and Chiang Mai cover 61,100 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 5.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 15,600 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
- At Chiang Mai's density, Yucatán would have 3.0 million people (it has 2.3 million). At Yucatán's density, Chiang Mai would have 1.4 million (it has 1.8 million).
- Yucatán's centre is 2.0° of latitude, about 220 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
- Yucatán is the 20th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 17th 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.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 21°N and 19°N.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Yucatán would have about 16,540 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
- Laid side by side, Yucatán and Chiang Mai would cover 61,100 km², 95% of the size of Latvia.
- Together they have 4.1 million people, 1.04× as many people as Georgia.
Side by side
| Yucatán | Chiang Mai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 38,400 km²14,800 mi² | 22,800 km²8,790 mi² |
| Official area | 39,600 km²Wikidata | 22,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 32in Mexico | 1st of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 2.3 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 21st of 32in Mexico | 5th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 60 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Mérida | Chiang Mai |
| Latitude range | 20°N to 22°N | 17°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 38,400 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 39,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- 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