Province of Thailand
Nan
Nan is a province of Thailand. It covers about 11,700 km² (4,530 mi²), the 11th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 95% of the size of Vanuatu. About 477,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 11,700 km²4,530 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 11,500 km²Wikidata · 2.2% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 2.3%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 11th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 477,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 41 people per km² |
| Capital | Nan |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 20°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-55 |
What the numbers say about Nan
- Nan covers 2.3% of the area of Thailand and ranks 58th of 77 by population, against 11th by area.
- It would take 43.9 provinces the size of Nan to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 1.94× the size of Nan; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 3.5% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Chiang Rai (11,300 km², 1.04×) and Phetchabun (12,400 km², 1.06×).
- Counted as a country, Nan would be larger than 77 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 163rd by area, between Vanuatu (12,300 km²) and Falkland Islands (11,600 km²).
- With 477,000 people it would rank 174th of 238 by population.
- Nan has 41 people per km², about the density of Nicaragua, which has 40 per km².
- That makes Nan the 76th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 32% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Nan lies at 19°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, Nan stretches about 178 km north to south and 103 km east to west.
- Our measured 11,700 km² is 2.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 11,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin1.02× · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut0.92× · 12,700 km²PeopleWyoming83% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura1.09× · 10,700 km²PeopleDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu81% · 586,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein76% · 15,400 km²PeopleBremen69% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France0.97× · 12,100 km²PeopleGuadeloupe1.24× · 384,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaAbruzzo1.08× · 10,900 km²PeopleBasilicata85% · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaMurcia1.04× · 11,300 km²PeopleCantabria81% · 592,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaAkita1.00× · 11,700 km²PeopleTottori87% · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe54% · 21,600 km²PeopleRoraima75% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador0.93× · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleAustralian Capital Territory0.99× · 482,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro1.00× · 11,700 km²PeopleBaja California Sur75% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Nan 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