Province of Thailand
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai is a province of Thailand. It covers about 22,800 km² (8,790 mi²), the largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Belize. About 1.8 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Chiang Mai
- Belize
Facts
| Area, measured | 22,800 km²8,790 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 22,300 km²Wikidata · 2.0% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 4.4%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 1st of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 78 people per km² |
| Capital | Chiang Mai |
| Latitude range | 17°N to 20°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-50 |
What the numbers say about Chiang Mai
- Chiang Mai covers 4.4% of the area of Thailand and ranks 5th of 77 by population, against 1st by area.
- It would take 22.6 provinces the size of Chiang Mai to cover Thailand.
- The smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 1.8% of the size of Chiang Mai; the next largest, Nakhon Ratchasima, is 91%.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Nakhon Ratchasima (20,800 km², 1.10×) and Kanchanaburi (20,000 km², 1.14×).
- Counted as a country, Chiang Mai would be larger than 90 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 150th by area, between Rwanda (25,300 km²) and Belize (22,300 km²).
- With 1.8 million people it would rank 153rd of 238 by population.
- Chiang Mai has 78 people per km², about the density of Uzbekistan, which has 78 per km².
- That makes Chiang Mai the 64th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 61% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Chiang Mai lies at 19°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, Chiang Mai stretches about 323 km north to south and 158 km east to west.
- Our measured 22,800 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,300 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.
- ChinaAreaBeijing1.40× · 16,300 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaNew Hampshire0.94× · 24,300 km²PeopleWest Virginia0.99× · 1.8 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaMeghalaya0.98× · 23,100 km²PeopleNagaland0.90× · 2.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaMecklenburg-Western Pomerania0.98× · 23,200 km²PeopleHamburg0.94× · 1.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBrittany83% · 27,300 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire69% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaTuscany0.99× · 23,000 km²PeopleCalabria0.92× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaValencian Community0.98× · 23,300 km²PeopleMurcia1.14× · 1.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.47× · 15,500 km²PeopleMie1.01× · 1.8 million (2020)
- BrazilAreaSergipe1.05× · 21,600 km²PeopleRondônia1.13× · 1.6 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleManitoba1.33× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia0.94× · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaState of Mexico1.04× · 21,800 km²PeopleDurango1.02× · 1.8 million (2015)
Where Chiang Mai 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