Province of Thailand
Lamphun
Lamphun is a province of Thailand. It covers about 4,070 km² (1,570 mi²), the 53rd largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 1.04× the size of Cape Verde. About 402,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Lamphun
- Cape Verde
Facts
| Area, measured | 4,070 km²1,570 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,510 km²Wikidata · 9.8% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.8%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 53rd of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 402,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 99 people per km² |
| Capital | Lamphun |
| Latitude range | 17°N to 19°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-51 |
What the numbers say about Lamphun
- Lamphun covers 0.8% of the area of Thailand and ranks 64th of 77 by population, against 53rd by area.
- It would take 127 provinces the size of Lamphun to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 5.60× the size of Lamphun; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 10% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Phang Nga (4,060 km², 1.00×) and Yasothon (4,090 km², 1.01×).
- Counted as a country, Lamphun would be larger than 65 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 175th by area, between Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²) and Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- With 402,000 people it would rank 176th of 238 by population.
- Lamphun has 99 people per km², about the density of Armenia, which has 99 per km².
- That makes Lamphun the 50th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 77% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Lamphun 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, Lamphun stretches about 136 km north to south and 67 km east to west.
- Our measured 4,070 km² is 9.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,510 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai60% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware79% · 5,170 km²PeopleWyoming70% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.19× · 3,420 km²PeopleAndaman and Nicobar Islands1.13× · 356,000 (2005)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.53× · 2,650 km²PeopleBremen58% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.57× · 2,580 km²PeopleGuadeloupe1.05× · 384,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise90% · 4,530 km²PeopleMolise1.32× · 304,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands79% · 5,120 km²PeopleLa Rioja1.24× · 324,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaIshikawa0.99× · 4,110 km²PeopleTottori73% · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District70% · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima63% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island71% · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador79% · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.73× · 2,350 km²PeopleAustralian Capital Territory83% · 482,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaTlaxcala1.05× · 3,870 km²PeopleBaja California Sur63% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Lamphun sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Lamphun
- Lamphun vs Cape Verde
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- Prince Edward Island vs Lamphun
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- Lamphun vs Goa
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- Balearic Islands vs Lamphun
- Lamphun vs Réunion (France)
- Ishikawa vs Lamphun
- Lamphun vs Saarland
- Molise vs Lamphun
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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