Province of Thailand
Nakhon Phanom
Nakhon Phanom is a province of Thailand. It covers about 5,720 km² (2,210 mi²), the 39th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Brunei. About 717,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Nakhon Phanom
- Brunei
Facts
| Area, measured | 5,720 km²2,210 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 5,510 km²Wikidata · 3.8% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 1.1%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 39th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 717,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 125 people per km² |
| Capital | Nakhon Phanom |
| Latitude range | 17°N to 18°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-48 |
What the numbers say about Nakhon Phanom
- Nakhon Phanom covers 1.1% of the area of Thailand and ranks 37th of 77 by population, against 39th by area.
- It would take 89.9 provinces the size of Nakhon Phanom to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 3.98× the size of Nakhon Phanom; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 7.3% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Maha Sarakham (5,740 km², 1.00×) and Chumphon (5,760 km², 1.01×).
- Counted as a country, Nakhon Phanom 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 717,000 people it would rank 166th of 238 by population.
- Nakhon Phanom has 125 people per km², about the density of Syria, which has 128 per km².
- That makes Nakhon Phanom the 39th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 97% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Nakhon Phanom 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, Nakhon Phanom stretches about 141 km north to south and 88 km east to west.
- Our measured 5,720 km² is 3.8% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,510 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
About the same size as
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 km²PeopleAlaska0.98× · 733,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim82% · 6,940 km²PeopleSikkim1.09× · 658,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBremen1.03× · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)66% · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)81% · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaLiguria1.04× · 5,490 km²PeopleUmbria81% · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaCantabria1.07× · 5,350 km²PeopleNavarre1.06× · 678,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaEhime1.02× · 5,630 km²PeopleTokushima0.99× · 722,000 (2020)
- BrazilAreaFederal District0.99× · 5,790 km²PeopleAmapá0.98× · 734,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.00× · 5,730 km²PeopleNew Brunswick0.92× · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.33× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaColima0.97× · 5,880 km²PeopleColima0.98× · 731,000 (2020)
Where Nakhon Phanom 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