Province of Thailand
Nong Bua Lamphu
Nong Bua Lamphu is a province of Thailand. It covers about 4,240 km² (1,640 mi²), the 49th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 1.08× the size of Cape Verde. About 509,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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- Nong Bua Lamphu
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Facts
| Area, measured | 4,240 km²1,640 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 3,860 km²Wikidata · 10.0% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.8%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 49th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 509,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 120 people per km² |
| Capital | Nong Bua Lam Phu |
| Latitude range | 17°N to 18°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-39 |
What the numbers say about Nong Bua Lamphu
- Nong Bua Lamphu covers 0.8% of the area of Thailand and ranks 53rd of 77 by population, against 49th by area.
- It would take 121 provinces the size of Nong Bua Lamphu to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 5.36× the size of Nong Bua Lamphu; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 9.8% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Phichit (4,240 km², 1.00×) and Chonburi (4,330 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Nong Bua Lamphu 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 509,000 people it would rank 173rd of 238 by population.
- Nong Bua Lamphu has 120 people per km², about the density of Poland, which has 120 per km².
- That makes Nong Bua Lamphu the 40th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 93% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Nong Bua Lamphu lies at 17°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, Nong Bua Lamphu stretches about 98 km north to south and 78 km east to west.
- Our measured 4,240 km² is 10.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,860 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai63% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware82% · 5,170 km²PeopleWyoming88% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.24× · 3,420 km²PeopleDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu87% · 586,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.60× · 2,650 km²PeopleBremen73% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.64× · 2,580 km²PeopleGuadeloupe1.33× · 384,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise0.94× · 4,530 km²PeopleBasilicata0.91× · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands83% · 5,120 km²PeopleCantabria86% · 592,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaTokushima1.00× · 4,250 km²PeopleTottori0.93× · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District73% · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima80% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island74% · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador1.00× · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.81× · 2,350 km²PeopleAustralian Capital Territory1.06× · 482,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaTlaxcala1.10× · 3,870 km²PeopleBaja California Sur80% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Nong Bua Lamphu sits in Thailand
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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