Province of Thailand
Nakhon Pathom
Nakhon Pathom is a province of Thailand. It covers about 2,100 km² (812 mi²), the 67th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 1.05× the size of Mauritius. About 921,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
200 km
- Nakhon Pathom
- Mauritius
Facts
| Area, measured | 2,100 km²812 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 2,170 km²Wikidata · 3.0% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.4%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 67th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 921,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 438 people per km² |
| Capital | Nakhon Pathom; Thanon Khat |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 14°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-73 |
What the numbers say about Nakhon Pathom
- Nakhon Pathom covers 0.4% of the area of Thailand and ranks 25th of 77 by population, against 67th by area.
- It would take 245 provinces the size of Nakhon Pathom to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 10.8× the size of Nakhon Pathom; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 20% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Nakhon Nayok (2,200 km², 1.04×) and Pattani (2,000 km², 1.05×).
- Counted as a country, Nakhon Pathom would be larger than 59 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 181st by area, between Luxembourg (2,610 km²) and Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- With 921,000 people it would rank 163rd of 238 by population.
- Nakhon Pathom has 438 people per km², about the density of India, which has 421 per km².
- That makes Nakhon Pathom the 8th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 3.40× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Nakhon Pathom lies at 14°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, Nakhon Pathom stretches about 58 km north to south and 57 km east to west.
- Our measured 2,100 km² is 3.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 2,170 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Nakhon Pathom is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 42 points. Take its shape as a sketch and the official figure as the firmer number.
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.
- United StatesAreaRhode Island74% · 2,830 km²PeopleSouth Dakota1.04× · 887,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaDelhi1.42× · 1,480 km²PeopleChandigarh87% · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland79% · 2,650 km²PeopleSaarland0.91× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)81% · 2,580 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.04× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaAosta Valley64% · 3,300 km²PeopleUmbria1.04× · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleAsturias0.91× · 1.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreaOkinawa0.98× · 2,150 km²PeopleWakayama1.01× · 911,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreanone within 2×PeopleAcre1.11× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNova Scotia0.95× · 969,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory90% · 2,350 km²PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.71× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaMexico City1.53× · 1,380 km²PeopleCampeche0.99× · 928,000 (2020)
Where Nakhon Pathom 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