Province of Thailand
Buriram
Buriram is a province of Thailand. It covers about 10,100 km² (3,920 mi²), the 18th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Lebanon. About 1.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Buriram
- Lebanon
Facts
| Area, measured | 10,100 km²3,920 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 10,300 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 2.0%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 18th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 156 people per km² |
| Capital | Buri Ram |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 16°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-31 |
What the numbers say about Buriram
- Buriram covers 2.0% of the area of Thailand and ranks 6th of 77 by population, against 18th by area.
- It would take 50.7 provinces the size of Buriram to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 2.24× the size of Buriram; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 4.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Nakhon Si Thammarat (10,300 km², 1.01×) and Loei (10,400 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Buriram would be larger than 72 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 168th by area, between the Gambia (10,500 km²) and Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- With 1.6 million people it would rank 154th of 238 by population.
- Buriram has 156 people per km², about the density of Guatemala, which has 159 per km².
- That makes Buriram the 25th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 1.21× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Buriram 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, Buriram stretches about 184 km north to south and 114 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 10,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,100 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin88% · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut80% · 12,700 km²PeopleHawaii1.09× · 1.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura0.94× · 10,700 km²PeopleGoa1.08× · 1.5 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein66% · 15,400 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania1.01× · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)1.17× · 8,670 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire61% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaBasilicata1.01× · 10,100 km²PeopleLiguria1.02× · 1.6 million (2019)
- SpainAreaNavarre1.01× · 10,100 km²PeopleMurcia1.01× · 1.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreaAomori1.05× · 9,660 km²PeopleKagoshima1.00× · 1.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.75× · 5,790 km²PeopleRondônia1.00× · 1.6 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.77× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba1.18× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia84% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro87% · 11,700 km²PeopleZacatecas0.94× · 1.7 million (2015)
Where Buriram sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Buriram
- Rondônia vs Buriram
- Buriram vs Lebanon
- Gambia vs Buriram
- East Timor vs Buriram
- Montenegro vs Buriram
- Buriram vs Prince Edward Island
- Tianjin vs Buriram
- Buriram vs Federal District
- Connecticut vs Buriram
- Tripura vs Buriram
- Querétaro vs Buriram
- Buriram vs Navarre
- Buriram vs Corsica (France)
- Buriram vs Aomori
- Schleswig-Holstein vs Buriram
- Buriram vs Basilicata
- Murcia vs Buriram
- Buriram vs Kagoshima
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania vs Buriram
- Buriram vs Liguria
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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