Province of Thailand
Kamphaeng Phet
Kamphaeng Phet is a province of Thailand. It covers about 8,750 km² (3,380 mi²), the 22nd largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 87% of the size of Lebanon. About 714,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 8,750 km²3,380 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 8,610 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 1.7%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 22nd of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 714,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 82 people per km² |
| Capital | Kamphaeng Phet |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 17°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-62 |
What the numbers say about Kamphaeng Phet
- Kamphaeng Phet covers 1.7% of the area of Thailand and ranks 38th of 77 by population, against 22nd by area.
- It would take 58.8 provinces the size of Kamphaeng Phet to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 2.60× the size of Kamphaeng Phet; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 4.7% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Sisaket (8,850 km², 1.01×) and Surin (8,560 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Kamphaeng Phet would be larger than 70 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 170th by area, between Puerto Rico (9,010 km²) and French Southern and Antarctic Lands (6,990 km²).
- With 714,000 people it would rank 166th of 238 by population.
- Kamphaeng Phet has 82 people per km², about the density of Romania, which has 81 per km².
- That makes Kamphaeng Phet the 58th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 63% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Kamphaeng Phet lies at 16°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, Kamphaeng Phet stretches about 123 km north to south and 111 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 8,610 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,750 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai1.30× · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut69% · 12,700 km²PeopleAlaska0.97× · 733,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura81% · 10,700 km²PeopleSikkim1.09× · 658,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein57% · 15,400 km²PeopleBremen1.03× · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)1.01× · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)81% · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaUmbria1.03× · 8,500 km²PeopleUmbria81% · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaCommunity of Madrid1.09× · 8,000 km²PeopleNavarre1.05× · 678,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaKagoshima0.99× · 8,850 km²PeopleTokushima0.99× · 722,000 (2020)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.51× · 5,790 km²PeopleAmapá0.97× · 734,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.53× · 5,730 km²PeopleNew Brunswick0.92× · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.32× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro75% · 11,700 km²PeopleColima0.98× · 731,000 (2020)
Where Kamphaeng Phet sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Ranked within Thailand
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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