Province of Thailand
Nakhon Si Thammarat
Nakhon Si Thammarat is a province of Thailand. It covers about 10,300 km² (3,980 mi²), the 17th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as the Gambia. About 1.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 10,300 km²3,980 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 9,940 km²Wikidata · 3.6% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 2.0%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 17th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 151 people per km² |
| Capital | Nakhon Si Thammarat |
| Latitude range | 8°N to 9°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-80 |
What the numbers say about Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Nakhon Si Thammarat covers 2.0% of the area of Thailand and ranks 9th of 77 by population, against 17th by area.
- It would take 50.0 provinces the size of Nakhon Si Thammarat to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 2.21× the size of Nakhon Si Thammarat; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 4.0% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Loei (10,400 km², 1.01×) and Buriram (10,100 km², 1.01×).
- Counted as a country, Nakhon Si Thammarat would be larger than 72 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 168th by area, between the Gambia (10,500 km²) and Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- With 1.6 million people it would rank 155th of 238 by population.
- Nakhon Si Thammarat has 151 people per km², about the density of China, which has 150 per km².
- That makes Nakhon Si Thammarat the 27th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 1.17× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Nakhon Si Thammarat lies at 8°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Nakhon Si Thammarat stretches about 169 km north to south and 121 km east to west.
- Our measured 10,300 km² is 3.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 9,940 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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin90% · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut81% · 12,700 km²PeopleHawaii1.07× · 1.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura0.96× · 10,700 km²PeopleGoa1.06× · 1.5 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein67% · 15,400 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania0.99× · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France85% · 12,100 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire60% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaBasilicata1.02× · 10,100 km²PeopleLiguria1.00× · 1.6 million (2019)
- SpainAreaNavarre1.02× · 10,100 km²PeopleMurcia0.99× · 1.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreaGifu0.96× · 10,700 km²PeopleKagoshima0.98× · 1.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.78× · 5,790 km²PeopleRondônia0.98× · 1.6 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.80× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba1.16× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia82% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro88% · 11,700 km²PeopleZacatecas0.92× · 1.7 million (2015)
Where Nakhon Si Thammarat sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Ranked within Thailand
Compare Nakhon Si Thammarat
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- Nakhon Si Thammarat vs Liguria
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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