Province of Thailand
Ang Thong
Ang Thong is a province of Thailand. It covers about 972 km² (375 mi²), the 71st largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 94% of the size of São Tomé and Príncipe. About 277,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 972 km²375 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 968 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.2%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 71st of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 277,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 285 people per km² |
| Capital | Ang Thong |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 15°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-15 |
What the numbers say about Ang Thong
- Ang Thong covers 0.2% of the area of Thailand and ranks 71st of 77 by both area and population.
- It would take 529 provinces the size of Ang Thong to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 23.4× the size of Ang Thong; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 43% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Samut Prakan (900 km², 1.08×) and Sing Buri (851 km², 1.14×).
- Counted as a country, Ang Thong would be larger than 54 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 186th by area, between Hong Kong (1,040 km²) and Dominica (730 km²).
- With 277,000 people it would rank 182nd of 238 by population.
- Ang Thong has 285 people per km², about the density of Vietnam, which has 293 per km².
- That makes Ang Thong the 12th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 2.21× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Ang Thong lies at 15°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Ang Thong stretches about 40 km north to south and 34 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 968 km² agrees with our measured area of 972 km², to within 2%.
- Ang Thong is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 35 points. Take its shape as a sketch and the official figure as the firmer number.
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Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
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- GermanyAreaBerlin1.09× · 889 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- FranceAreaMartinique89% · 1,100 km²PeopleFrench Guiana0.96× · 288,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleMolise0.91× · 304,000 (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleLa Rioja85% · 324,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaKagawa52% · 1,850 km²PeopleTottori50% · 550,000 (2021)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeoplePrince Edward Island1.79× · 154,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleNorthern Territory1.05× · 262,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaMexico City71% · 1,380 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Ang Thong sits in Thailand
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2020. Thailand’s units share the 2020 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12