Province of Thailand
Chiang Rai
Chiang Rai is a province of Thailand. It covers about 11,300 km² (4,350 mi²), the 12th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Qatar. About 1.3 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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- Chiang Rai
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Facts
| Area, measured | 11,300 km²4,350 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 11,700 km²Wikidata · 3.5% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 2.2%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 12th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 115 people per km² |
| Capital | Chiang Rai |
| Latitude range | 19°N to 20°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-57 |
What the numbers say about Chiang Rai
- Chiang Rai covers 2.2% of the area of Thailand and ranks 15th of 77 by population, against 12th by area.
- It would take 45.6 provinces the size of Chiang Rai to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 2.02× the size of Chiang Rai; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 3.7% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Udon Thani (10,900 km², 1.04×) and Nan (11,700 km², 1.04×).
- Counted as a country, Chiang Rai would be larger than 76 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 164th by area, between Falkland Islands (11,600 km²) and Qatar (11,200 km²).
- With 1.3 million people it would rank 159th of 238 by population.
- Chiang Rai has 115 people per km², about the density of Egypt, which has 114 per km².
- That makes Chiang Rai the 43rd most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 89% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Chiang Rai lies at 20°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 Rai stretches about 161 km north to south and 135 km east to west.
- Our measured 11,300 km² is 3.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,700 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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin0.98× · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut89% · 12,700 km²PeopleMaine0.95× · 1.4 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura1.05× · 10,700 km²PeopleArunachal Pradesh0.94× · 1.4 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein73% · 15,400 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania82% · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France0.93× · 12,100 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.47× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaAbruzzo1.04× · 10,900 km²PeopleAbruzzo0.99× · 1.3 million (2019)
- SpainAreaMurcia1.00× · 11,300 km²PeopleAragon0.96× · 1.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaAkita0.96× · 11,700 km²PeopleNagasaki0.99× · 1.3 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe52% · 21,600 km²PeopleTocantins86% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.97× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba0.96× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia68% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro0.96× · 11,700 km²PeopleAguascalientes0.99× · 1.3 million (2015)
Where Chiang Rai sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Ranked within Thailand
Compare Chiang Rai
- Tianjin vs Chiang Rai
- Murcia vs Chiang Rai
- Chiang Rai vs Qatar
- Chiang Rai vs Jamaica
- Chiang Rai vs Mauritius
- Montenegro vs Chiang Rai
- Chiang Rai vs Prince Edward Island
- Sergipe vs Chiang Rai
- Connecticut vs Chiang Rai
- Chiang Rai vs Tripura
- Querétaro vs Chiang Rai
- Île-de-France vs Chiang Rai
- Akita vs Chiang Rai
- Schleswig-Holstein vs Chiang Rai
- Chiang Rai vs Abruzzo
- Chiang Rai vs Aguascalientes
- Chiang Rai vs Nagasaki
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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