Province of Thailand
Narathiwat
Narathiwat is a province of Thailand. It covers about 4,430 km² (1,710 mi²), the 46th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 1.13× the size of Cape Verde. About 804,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Narathiwat
- Cape Verde
Facts
| Area, measured | 4,430 km²1,710 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,480 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.9%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 46th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 804,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 182 people per km² |
| Capital | Narathiwat |
| Latitude range | 6°N to 7°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-96 |
What the numbers say about Narathiwat
- Narathiwat covers 0.9% of the area of Thailand and ranks 31st of 77 by population, against 46th by area.
- It would take 116 provinces the size of Narathiwat to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 5.14× the size of Narathiwat; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 9.4% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Krabi (4,390 km², 1.01×) and Chonburi (4,330 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Narathiwat would be larger than 65 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 175th by area, between Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²) and Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- With 804,000 people it would rank 165th of 238 by population.
- Narathiwat has 182 people per km², about the density of Uganda, which has 195 per km².
- That makes Narathiwat the 17th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 1.41× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Narathiwat lies at 6°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, Narathiwat stretches about 99 km north to south and 76 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,480 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,430 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai66% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware86% · 5,170 km²PeopleNorth Dakota1.03× · 779,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.29× · 3,420 km²PeopleSikkim1.22× · 658,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.67× · 2,650 km²PeopleBremen1.16× · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.71× · 2,580 km²PeopleRéunion (France)0.91× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise0.98× · 4,530 km²PeopleUmbria0.91× · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands87% · 5,120 km²PeopleNavarre1.19× · 678,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaWakayama1.00× · 4,430 km²PeopleYamanashi1.00× · 804,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District76% · 5,790 km²PeopleAcre0.97× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island77% · 5,730 km²PeopleNew Brunswick1.04× · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.89× · 2,350 km²PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.49× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaTlaxcala1.14× · 3,870 km²PeopleColima1.10× · 731,000 (2020)
Where Narathiwat 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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- Narathiwat vs Goa
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- Balearic Islands vs Narathiwat
- Narathiwat vs Réunion (France)
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- Molise vs Narathiwat
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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