Province of Thailand
Mae Hong Son
Mae Hong Son is a province of Thailand. It covers about 13,600 km² (5,250 mi²), the 6th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Montenegro. About 285,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 13,600 km²5,250 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 12,700 km²Wikidata · 7.2% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 2.6%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 6th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 285,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 21 people per km² |
| Capital | Mae Hong Son |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 20°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-58 |
What the numbers say about Mae Hong Son
- Mae Hong Son covers 2.6% of the area of Thailand and ranks 70th of 77 by population, against 6th by area.
- It would take 37.8 provinces the size of Mae Hong Son to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 1.67× the size of Mae Hong Son; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 3.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Surat Thani (13,400 km², 1.01×) and Chaiyaphum (13,200 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Mae Hong Son would be larger than 79 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 161st by area, between Montenegro (13,700 km²) and the Bahamas (12,600 km²).
- With 285,000 people it would rank 180th of 238 by population.
- Mae Hong Son has 21 people per km², about the density of South Sudan, which has 20 per km².
- That makes Mae Hong Son the 77th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 16% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Mae Hong Son has 173× the room per person of Bangkok, the most crowded of the 77: 21 against 3,630 people per km².
- Mae Hong Son lies at 19°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, Mae Hong Son stretches about 251 km north to south and 137 km east to west.
- Our measured 13,600 km² is 7.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,700 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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin1.18× · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut1.07× · 12,700 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- IndiaAreaNagaland84% · 16,300 km²PeopleLadakh1.04× · 274,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein88% · 15,400 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France1.12× · 12,100 km²PeopleFrench Guiana0.99× · 288,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaTrentino-Alto Adige1.01× · 13,500 km²PeopleMolise0.94× · 304,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaMurcia1.20× · 11,300 km²PeopleLa Rioja88% · 324,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaNagano0.99× · 13,700 km²PeopleTottori52% · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe63% · 21,600 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador56% · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleNorthern Territory1.09× · 262,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro1.16× · 11,700 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Mae Hong Son 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