Province of Thailand
Chanthaburi
Chanthaburi is a province of Thailand. It covers about 5,830 km² (2,250 mi²), the 36th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Brunei. About 536,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Chanthaburi
- Brunei
Facts
| Area, measured | 5,830 km²2,250 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 6,340 km²Wikidata · 8.0% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 1.1%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 36th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 536,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 92 people per km² |
| Capital | Chanthaburi |
| Latitude range | 12°N to 13°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-22 |
What the numbers say about Chanthaburi
- Chanthaburi covers 1.1% of the area of Thailand and ranks 48th of 77 by population, against 36th by area.
- It would take 88.2 provinces the size of Chanthaburi to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 3.90× the size of Chanthaburi; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 7.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Chumphon (5,760 km², 1.01×) and Maha Sarakham (5,740 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Chanthaburi would be larger than 68 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 172nd by area, between Palestine (6,070 km²) and Brunei (5,720 km²).
- With 536,000 people it would rank 173rd of 238 by population.
- Chanthaburi has 92 people per km², about the density of East Timor, which has 93 per km².
- That makes Chanthaburi the 52nd most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 71% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Chanthaburi lies at 13°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, Chanthaburi stretches about 115 km north to south and 89 km east to west.
- Our measured 5,830 km² is 8.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai86% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.13× · 5,170 km²PeopleWyoming0.93× · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim84% · 6,940 km²PeopleDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu0.91× · 586,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBremen77% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)67% · 8,670 km²PeopleGuadeloupe1.40× · 384,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaLiguria1.06× · 5,490 km²PeopleBasilicata0.95× · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaCantabria1.09× · 5,350 km²PeopleCantabria0.91× · 592,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaMie1.00× · 5,820 km²PeopleTottori0.97× · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.01× · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima84% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.02× · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador1.05× · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)0.99× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaColima0.99× · 5,880 km²PeopleBaja California Sur84% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Chanthaburi sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Ranked within Thailand
Compare Chanthaburi
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- Chanthaburi vs Federal District
- Chanthaburi vs Delaware
- Sikkim vs Chanthaburi
- Chanthaburi vs Cantabria
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- Tasmania (Australia) vs Chanthaburi
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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