Province of Thailand
Chonburi
Chonburi is a province of Thailand. It covers about 4,330 km² (1,670 mi²), the 48th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 1.10× the size of Cape Verde. About 1.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Chonburi
- Cape Verde
Facts
| Area, measured | 4,330 km²1,670 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,360 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.8%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 48th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 362 people per km² |
| Capital | Chonburi |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 14°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-20 |
What the numbers say about Chonburi
- Chonburi covers 0.8% of the area of Thailand and ranks 8th of 77 by population, against 48th by area.
- It would take 119 provinces the size of Chonburi to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 5.25× the size of Chonburi; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 9.6% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Krabi (4,390 km², 1.01×) and Nong Bua Lamphu (4,240 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Chonburi would be larger than 65 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 175th by area, between Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²) and Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- With 1.6 million people it would rank 155th of 238 by population.
- Chonburi has 362 people per km², about the density of the Philippines, which has 384 per km².
- That makes Chonburi the 10th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 2.81× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Chonburi 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, Chonburi stretches about 110 km north to south and 96 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,330 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai64% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware84% · 5,170 km²PeopleHawaii1.08× · 1.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.27× · 3,420 km²PeopleGoa1.07× · 1.5 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.63× · 2,650 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania1.00× · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.68× · 2,580 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire61% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise0.96× · 4,530 km²PeopleLiguria1.01× · 1.6 million (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands85% · 5,120 km²PeopleMurcia1.00× · 1.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreaToyama0.99× · 4,370 km²PeopleKagoshima0.99× · 1.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District75% · 5,790 km²PeopleRondônia0.99× · 1.6 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island76% · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba1.17× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.84× · 2,350 km²PeopleSouth Australia83% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaTlaxcala1.12× · 3,870 km²PeopleZacatecas0.93× · 1.7 million (2015)
Where Chonburi sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Chonburi
- Chonburi vs Cape Verde
- Trinidad and Tobago vs Chonburi
- East Timor vs Chonburi
- Chonburi vs Luxembourg
- Chonburi vs Australian Capital Territory
- Prince Edward Island vs Chonburi
- Shanghai vs Chonburi
- Federal District vs Chonburi
- Delaware vs Chonburi
- Chonburi vs Goa
- Chonburi vs Tlaxcala
- Balearic Islands vs Chonburi
- Chonburi vs Réunion (France)
- Toyama vs Chonburi
- Chonburi vs Saarland
- Molise vs Chonburi
- Rondônia vs Chonburi
- Murcia vs Chonburi
- Kagoshima vs Chonburi
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania vs Chonburi
- Liguria vs Chonburi
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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