Province of Thailand
Chaiyaphum
Chaiyaphum is a province of Thailand. It covers about 13,200 km² (5,090 mi²), the 8th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 96% of the size of Montenegro. About 1.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 13,200 km²5,090 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 12,800 km²Wikidata · 3.1% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 2.6%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 8th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 85 people per km² |
| Capital | Chaiyaphum |
| Latitude range | 15°N to 17°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-36 |
What the numbers say about Chaiyaphum
- Chaiyaphum covers 2.6% of the area of Thailand and ranks 19th of 77 by population, against 8th by area.
- It would take 39.1 provinces the size of Chaiyaphum to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 1.73× the size of Chaiyaphum; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 3.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Surat Thani (13,400 km², 1.02×) and Mae Hong Son (13,600 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Chaiyaphum would be larger than 79 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 161st by area, between Montenegro (13,700 km²) and the Bahamas (12,600 km²).
- With 1.1 million people it would rank 162nd of 238 by population.
- Chaiyaphum has 85 people per km², about the density of Serbia, which has 85 per km².
- That makes Chaiyaphum the 56th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 66% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Chaiyaphum lies at 16°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, Chaiyaphum stretches about 166 km north to south and 123 km east to west.
- Our measured 13,200 km² is 3.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin1.15× · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut1.04× · 12,700 km²PeopleRhode Island1.03× · 1.1 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura1.23× · 10,700 km²PeopleMizoram1.03× · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein85% · 15,400 km²PeopleSaarland1.12× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France1.09× · 12,100 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.28× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaCampania0.97× · 13,500 km²PeopleTrentino-Alto Adige1.05× · 1.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreaMurcia1.16× · 11,300 km²PeopleBalearic Islands0.96× · 1.2 million (2022)
- JapanAreaNagano0.96× · 13,700 km²PeopleOita1.00× · 1.1 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe61% · 21,600 km²PeopleTocantins74% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleSaskatchewan0.99× · 1.1 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia59% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro1.13× · 11,700 km²PeopleNayarit0.92× · 1.2 million (2015)
Where Chaiyaphum sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
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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