Province of Thailand
Nakhon Ratchasima
Nakhon Ratchasima is a province of Thailand. It covers about 20,800 km² (8,020 mi²), the 2nd largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as El Salvador. About 2.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Nakhon Ratchasima
- El Salvador
Facts
| Area, measured | 20,800 km²8,020 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 20,500 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 4.0%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 2.6 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 127 people per km² |
| Capital | Nakhon Ratchasima |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 16°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-30 |
What the numbers say about Nakhon Ratchasima
- Nakhon Ratchasima covers 4.0% of the area of Thailand and ranks 2nd of 77 by both area and population.
- It would take 24.8 provinces the size of Nakhon Ratchasima to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 1.10× the size of Nakhon Ratchasima; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 2.0% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Kanchanaburi (20,000 km², 1.04×) and Chiang Mai (22,800 km², 1.10×).
- Counted as a country, Nakhon Ratchasima would be larger than 87 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 153rd by area, between Djibouti (21,800 km²) and El Salvador (20,500 km²).
- With 2.6 million people it would rank 143rd of 238 by population.
- Nakhon Ratchasima has 127 people per km², about the density of Syria, which has 128 per km².
- That makes Nakhon Ratchasima the 37th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 98% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Nakhon Ratchasima lies at 15°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 Ratchasima stretches about 191 km north to south and 196 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 20,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,800 km², to within 2%.
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.
- ChinaAreaBeijing1.28× · 16,300 km²PeopleTibet72% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaMassachusetts0.98× · 21,200 km²PeopleKansas90% · 2.9 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaMizoram0.98× · 21,200 km²PeopleManipur0.92× · 2.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaxony-Anhalt1.00× · 20,700 km²PeopleBrandenburg1.04× · 2.5 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBrittany76% · 27,300 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire1.02× · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaApulia1.07× · 19,500 km²PeopleCalabria1.35× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaValencian Community89% · 23,300 km²PeopleGalicia0.97× · 2.7 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.34× · 15,500 km²PeopleKyoto1.03× · 2.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe0.96× · 21,600 km²PeopleMato Grosso do Sul0.96× · 2.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleAlberta62% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleWestern Australia88% · 3.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaHidalgo0.97× · 21,300 km²PeopleSan Luis Potosí0.97× · 2.7 million (2015)
Where Nakhon Ratchasima 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