Province of Thailand
Nakhon Sawan
Nakhon Sawan is a province of Thailand. It covers about 9,760 km² (3,770 mi²), the 19th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Lebanon. About 1.0 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 9,760 km²3,770 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 9,600 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 1.9%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 19th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.0 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 107 people per km² |
| Capital | Nakhon Sawan |
| Latitude range | 15°N to 16°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-60 |
What the numbers say about Nakhon Sawan
- Nakhon Sawan covers 1.9% of the area of Thailand and ranks 21st of 77 by population, against 19th by area.
- It would take 52.7 provinces the size of Nakhon Sawan to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 2.33× the size of Nakhon Sawan; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 4.3% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Sakon Nakhon (9,560 km², 1.02×) and Buriram (10,100 km², 1.04×).
- Counted as a country, Nakhon Sawan would be larger than 71 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 169th by area, between Lebanon (10,000 km²) and Puerto Rico (9,010 km²).
- With 1.0 million people it would rank 162nd of 238 by population.
- Nakhon Sawan has 107 people per km², about the density of Austria, which has 107 per km².
- That makes Nakhon Sawan the 48th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 83% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Nakhon Sawan 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, Nakhon Sawan stretches about 142 km north to south and 188 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 9,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,760 km², to within 2%.
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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin85% · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut77% · 12,700 km²PeopleMontana0.96× · 1.1 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura0.91× · 10,700 km²PeopleChandigarh0.99× · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein63% · 15,400 km²PeopleSaarland1.03× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)1.13× · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.18× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaBasilicata0.97× · 10,100 km²PeopleTrentino-Alto Adige0.97× · 1.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreaNavarre0.97× · 10,100 km²PeopleExtremadura0.99× · 1.1 million (2024)
- JapanAreaAomori1.01× · 9,660 km²PeopleToyama1.01× · 1.0 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.68× · 5,790 km²PeopleAcre1.25× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.70× · 5,730 km²PeopleNova Scotia1.07× · 969,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia55% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro83% · 11,700 km²PeopleCampeche1.12× · 928,000 (2020)
Where Nakhon Sawan 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