Province of Thailand
Lampang
Lampang is a province of Thailand. It covers about 12,500 km² (4,830 mi²), the 9th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as the Bahamas. About 729,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 12,500 km²4,830 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 12,500 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 2.4%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 9th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 729,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 58 people per km² |
| Capital | Lampang |
| Latitude range | 17°N to 20°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-52 |
What the numbers say about Lampang
- Lampang covers 2.4% of the area of Thailand and ranks 34th of 77 by population, against 9th by area.
- It would take 41.1 provinces the size of Lampang to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 1.82× the size of Lampang; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 3.3% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Phetchabun (12,400 km², 1.01×) and Chaiyaphum (13,200 km², 1.05×).
- Counted as a country, Lampang would be larger than 78 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 162nd by area, between the Bahamas (12,600 km²) and Vanuatu (12,300 km²).
- With 729,000 people it would rank 166th of 238 by population.
- Lampang has 58 people per km², about the density of Bulgaria, which has 57 per km².
- That makes Lampang the 71st most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 45% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Lampang lies at 18°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, Lampang stretches about 256 km north to south and 118 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 12,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,500 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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin1.09× · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut0.99× · 12,700 km²PeopleAlaska0.99× · 733,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura1.17× · 10,700 km²PeopleSikkim1.11× · 658,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein81% · 15,400 km²PeopleBremen1.05× · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France1.03× · 12,100 km²PeopleRéunion (France)83% · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaCampania0.93× · 13,500 km²PeopleUmbria83% · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaMurcia1.11× · 11,300 km²PeopleNavarre1.07× · 678,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaNiigata1.01× · 12,500 km²PeopleTokushima1.01× · 722,000 (2020)
- BrazilAreaSergipe58% · 21,600 km²PeopleAmapá0.99× · 734,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNew Brunswick0.94× · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.35× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro1.07× · 11,700 km²PeopleColima1.00× · 731,000 (2020)
Where Lampang 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