Province of Thailand
Mukdahan
Mukdahan is a province of Thailand. It covers about 4,090 km² (1,580 mi²), the 51st largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 1.04× the size of Cape Verde. About 351,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Mukdahan
- Cape Verde
Facts
| Area, measured | 4,090 km²1,580 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,340 km²Wikidata · 5.7% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.8%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 51st of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 351,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 86 people per km² |
| Capital | Mukdahan |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 17°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-49 |
What the numbers say about Mukdahan
- Mukdahan covers 0.8% of the area of Thailand and ranks 66th of 77 by population, against 51st by area.
- It would take 126 provinces the size of Mukdahan to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 5.56× the size of Mukdahan; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 10% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Yasothon (4,090 km², 1.00×) and Lamphun (4,070 km², 1.01×).
- Counted as a country, Mukdahan 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 351,000 people it would rank 178th of 238 by population.
- Mukdahan has 86 people per km², about the density of Senegal, which has 86 per km².
- That makes Mukdahan the 55th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 67% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Mukdahan lies at 17°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, Mukdahan stretches about 78 km north to south and 98 km east to west.
- Our measured 4,090 km² is 5.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,340 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai61% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware79% · 5,170 km²PeopleWyoming61% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.20× · 3,420 km²PeopleAndaman and Nicobar Islands0.99× · 356,000 (2005)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.54× · 2,650 km²PeopleBremen51% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.58× · 2,580 km²PeopleCorsica (France)1.00× · 351,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise0.90× · 4,530 km²PeopleMolise1.15× · 304,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands80% · 5,120 km²PeopleLa Rioja1.08× · 324,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaIshikawa0.99× · 4,110 km²PeopleTottori64% · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District71% · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima55% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island71% · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador69% · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.74× · 2,350 km²PeopleNorthern Territory1.34× · 262,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaTlaxcala1.06× · 3,870 km²PeopleBaja California Sur55% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Mukdahan sits in 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