Province of Thailand
Kalasin
Kalasin is a province of Thailand. It covers about 6,840 km² (2,640 mi²), the 30th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 1.20× the size of Brunei. About 977,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Kalasin
- Brunei
Facts
| Area, measured | 6,840 km²2,640 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 6,950 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 1.3%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 30th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 977,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 143 people per km² |
| Capital | Kalasin |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 17°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-46 |
What the numbers say about Kalasin
- Kalasin covers 1.3% of the area of Thailand and ranks 23rd of 77 by population, against 30th by area.
- It would take 75.2 provinces the size of Kalasin to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 3.33× the size of Kalasin; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 6.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Prachuap Khiri Khan (6,930 km², 1.01×) and Sukhothai (7,070 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Kalasin would be larger than 69 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 171st by area, between French Southern and Antarctic Lands (6,990 km²) and Palestine (6,070 km²).
- With 977,000 people it would rank 162nd of 238 by population.
- Kalasin has 143 people per km², about the density of Cape Verde, which has 142 per km².
- That makes Kalasin the 30th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 1.11× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Kalasin lies at 17°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, Kalasin stretches about 101 km north to south and 120 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 6,950 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,840 km², to within 2%.
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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai1.01× · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.32× · 5,170 km²PeopleDelaware0.99× · 990,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim0.99× · 6,940 km²PeopleChandigarh0.93× · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleSaarland0.97× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)79% · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.11× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaFriuli-Venezia Giulia0.93× · 7,340 km²PeopleTrentino-Alto Adige0.91× · 1.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreaBasque Country0.97× · 7,060 km²PeopleAsturias0.97× · 1.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreaShimane1.00× · 6,880 km²PeopleKagawa1.03× · 949,000 (2020)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.18× · 5,790 km²PeopleAcre1.18× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.19× · 5,730 km²PeopleNova Scotia1.01× · 969,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.81× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaColima1.16× · 5,880 km²PeopleCampeche1.05× · 928,000 (2020)
Where Kalasin 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