Province of Thailand
Maha Sarakham
Maha Sarakham is a province of Thailand. It covers about 5,740 km² (2,210 mi²), the 38th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Brunei. About 954,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Maha Sarakham
- Brunei
Facts
| Area, measured | 5,740 km²2,210 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 5,290 km²Wikidata · 8.4% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 1.1%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 38th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 954,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 166 people per km² |
| Capital | Maha Sarakham |
| Latitude range | 15°N to 17°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-44 |
What the numbers say about Maha Sarakham
- Maha Sarakham covers 1.1% of the area of Thailand and ranks 24th of 77 by population, against 38th by area.
- It would take 89.7 provinces the size of Maha Sarakham to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 3.97× the size of Maha Sarakham; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 7.2% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Nakhon Phanom (5,720 km², 1.00×) and Chumphon (5,760 km², 1.00×).
- Counted as a country, Maha Sarakham would be larger than 68 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 172nd by area, between Palestine (6,070 km²) and Brunei (5,720 km²).
- With 954,000 people it would rank 162nd of 238 by population.
- Maha Sarakham has 166 people per km², about the density of Guatemala, which has 159 per km².
- That makes Maha Sarakham the 20th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 1.29× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Maha Sarakham 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, Maha Sarakham stretches about 138 km north to south and 72 km east to west.
- Our measured 5,740 km² is 8.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,290 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai85% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.11× · 5,170 km²PeopleDelaware0.96× · 990,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim83% · 6,940 km²PeopleChandigarh0.90× · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleSaarland0.95× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)66% · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.08× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaLiguria1.04× · 5,490 km²PeopleUmbria1.08× · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaCantabria1.07× · 5,350 km²PeopleAsturias0.95× · 1.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreaMie0.99× · 5,820 km²PeopleKagawa1.00× · 949,000 (2020)
- BrazilAreaFederal District0.99× · 5,790 km²PeopleAcre1.15× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.00× · 5,730 km²PeopleNova Scotia0.98× · 969,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.77× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaColima0.98× · 5,880 km²PeopleCampeche1.03× · 928,000 (2020)
Where Maha Sarakham 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