Province of Thailand
Chumphon
Chumphon is a province of Thailand. It covers about 5,760 km² (2,220 mi²), the 37th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Brunei. About 509,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Chumphon
- Brunei
Facts
| Area, measured | 5,760 km²2,220 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 6,010 km²Wikidata · 4.2% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 1.1%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 37th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 509,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 88 people per km² |
| Capital | Chumphon |
| Latitude range | 10°N to 11°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-86 |
What the numbers say about Chumphon
- Chumphon covers 1.1% of the area of Thailand and ranks 54th of 77 by population, against 37th by area.
- It would take 89.4 provinces the size of Chumphon to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 3.95× the size of Chumphon; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 7.2% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Maha Sarakham (5,740 km², 1.00×) and Nakhon Phanom (5,720 km², 1.01×).
- Counted as a country, Chumphon 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 509,000 people it would rank 173rd of 238 by population.
- Chumphon has 88 people per km², about the density of Iraq, which has 88 per km².
- That makes Chumphon the 53rd most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 69% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Chumphon lies at 10°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Chumphon stretches about 160 km north to south and 96 km east to west.
- Our measured 5,760 km² is 4.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,010 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai85% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.11× · 5,170 km²PeopleWyoming88% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim83% · 6,940 km²PeopleDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu87% · 586,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBremen73% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)66% · 8,670 km²PeopleGuadeloupe1.33× · 384,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaLiguria1.05× · 5,490 km²PeopleBasilicata0.90× · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaCantabria1.08× · 5,350 km²PeopleCantabria86% · 592,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaMie0.99× · 5,820 km²PeopleTottori0.93× · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District0.99× · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima80% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.00× · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador1.00× · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleAustralian Capital Territory1.06× · 482,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaColima0.98× · 5,880 km²PeopleBaja California Sur80% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Chumphon sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Chumphon
- Federal District vs Chumphon
- Chumphon vs Brunei
- Chumphon vs Cyprus
- Chumphon vs Cape Verde
- Chumphon vs Prince Edward Island
- Shanghai vs Chumphon
- Chumphon vs Delaware
- Sikkim vs Chumphon
- Colima vs Chumphon
- Chumphon vs Cantabria
- Corsica (France) vs Chumphon
- Mie vs Chumphon
- Chumphon vs Liguria
- Newfoundland and Labrador vs Chumphon
Share this outline
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