Province of Thailand
Kanchanaburi
Kanchanaburi is a province of Thailand. It covers about 20,000 km² (7,710 mi²), the 3rd largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Slovenia. About 892,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 20,000 km²7,710 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 19,500 km²Wikidata · 2.4% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 3.9%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 892,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 45 people per km² |
| Capital | Kanchanaburi |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 16°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-71 |
What the numbers say about Kanchanaburi
- Kanchanaburi covers 3.9% of the area of Thailand and ranks 26th of 77 by population, against 3rd by area.
- It would take 25.8 provinces the size of Kanchanaburi to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 1.14× the size of Kanchanaburi; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 2.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Nakhon Ratchasima (20,800 km², 1.04×) and Chiang Mai (22,800 km², 1.14×).
- Counted as a country, Kanchanaburi would be larger than 85 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 155th by area, between Slovenia (20,300 km²) and Fiji (18,900 km²).
- With 892,000 people it would rank 164th of 238 by population.
- Kanchanaburi has 45 people per km², about the density of Montenegro, which has 45 per km².
- That makes Kanchanaburi the 74th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 35% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Kanchanaburi lies at 15°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, Kanchanaburi stretches about 217 km north to south and 186 km east to west.
- Our measured 20,000 km² is 2.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 19,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.
- ChinaAreaBeijing1.23× · 16,300 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaNew Jersey1.01× · 19,700 km²PeopleSouth Dakota1.01× · 887,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaMizoram0.94× · 21,200 km²PeopleChandigarh85% · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaRhineland-Palatinate0.99× · 20,100 km²PeopleSaarland89% · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBrittany73% · 27,300 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.01× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaApulia1.03× · 19,500 km²PeopleUmbria1.01× · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaValencian Community86% · 23,300 km²PeopleAsturias88% · 1.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.29× · 15,500 km²PeopleWakayama0.98× · 911,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe0.92× · 21,600 km²PeopleAcre1.07× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNova Scotia0.92× · 969,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.65× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaHidalgo0.94× · 21,300 km²PeopleCampeche0.96× · 928,000 (2020)
Where Kanchanaburi 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