Province of Thailand
Bueng Kan
Bueng Kan is a province of Thailand. It covers about 3,990 km² (1,540 mi²), the 55th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Cape Verde. About 422,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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- Bueng Kan
- Cape Verde
Facts
| Area, measured | 3,990 km²1,540 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,310 km²Wikidata · 7.4% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.8%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 55th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 422,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 106 people per km² |
| Capital | Bueng Kan |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 18°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-38 |
What the numbers say about Bueng Kan
- Bueng Kan covers 0.8% of the area of Thailand and ranks 62nd of 77 by population, against 55th by area.
- It would take 129 provinces the size of Bueng Kan to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 5.71× the size of Bueng Kan; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 10% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Amnat Charoen (3,930 km², 1.01×) and Phang Nga (4,060 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Bueng Kan would be larger than 65 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 175th by area, between Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²) and Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- With 422,000 people it would rank 175th of 238 by population.
- Bueng Kan has 106 people per km², about the density of Sierra Leone, which has 106 per km².
- That makes Bueng Kan the 49th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 82% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Bueng Kan lies at 18°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, Bueng Kan stretches about 75 km north to south and 102 km east to west.
- Our measured 3,990 km² is 7.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,310 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Until 2011, the province of Nong Khai covered what is now Nong Khai and Bueng Kan. Added together, today’s outlines measure 7,430 km²: as one unit they would be the 27th largest of 76, with 939,000 people (2020 figures added up) the 25th most populous.
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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai59% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware77% · 5,170 km²PeopleWyoming73% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.17× · 3,420 km²PeopleAndaman and Nicobar Islands1.19× · 356,000 (2005)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.50× · 2,650 km²PeopleBremen61% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.54× · 2,580 km²PeopleGuadeloupe1.10× · 384,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise88% · 4,530 km²PeopleBasilicata75% · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands78% · 5,120 km²PeopleLa Rioja1.30× · 324,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaNagasaki1.00× · 3,990 km²PeopleTottori77% · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District69% · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima66% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island70% · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador83% · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.70× · 2,350 km²PeopleAustralian Capital Territory88% · 482,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaTlaxcala1.03× · 3,870 km²PeopleBaja California Sur66% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Bueng Kan sits in Thailand
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Ranked within 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