Province of Thailand
Khon Kaen
Khon Kaen is a province of Thailand. It covers about 10,700 km² (4,130 mi²), the 14th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as the Gambia. About 1.8 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
100 km
- Khon Kaen
- Gambia
Facts
| Area, measured | 10,700 km²4,130 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 10,900 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 2.1%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 14th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 168 people per km² |
| Capital | Khon Kaen |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 17°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-40 |
What the numbers say about Khon Kaen
- Khon Kaen covers 2.1% of the area of Thailand and ranks 4th of 77 by population, against 14th by area.
- It would take 48.1 provinces the size of Khon Kaen to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 2.13× the size of Khon Kaen; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 3.9% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Udon Thani (10,900 km², 1.02×) and Phitsanulok (10,500 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Khon Kaen would be larger than 73 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 167th by area, between Kosovo (10,900 km²) and the Gambia (10,500 km²).
- With 1.8 million people it would rank 153rd of 238 by population.
- Khon Kaen has 168 people per km², about the density of Guatemala, which has 159 per km².
- That makes Khon Kaen the 19th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 1.30× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Khon Kaen 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, Khon Kaen stretches about 161 km north to south and 154 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 10,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,700 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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin0.93× · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut84% · 12,700 km²PeopleWest Virginia1.00× · 1.8 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura1.00× · 10,700 km²PeopleNagaland0.91× · 2.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein69% · 15,400 km²PeopleHamburg0.95× · 1.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France88% · 12,100 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire70% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaAbruzzo0.98× · 10,900 km²PeopleCalabria0.92× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaAsturias1.00× · 10,700 km²PeopleMurcia1.14× · 1.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreaGifu1.00× · 10,700 km²PeopleMie1.01× · 1.8 million (2020)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.85× · 5,790 km²PeopleRondônia1.13× · 1.6 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.87× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba1.34× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia0.95× · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro0.91× · 11,700 km²PeopleDurango1.02× · 1.8 million (2015)
Where Khon Kaen sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Khon Kaen
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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