Province of Thailand
Nonthaburi
Nonthaburi is a province of Thailand. It covers about 592 km² (229 mi²), the 75th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Tonga. About 1.3 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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- Nonthaburi
Facts
| Area, measured | 592 km²229 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 622 km²Wikidata · 4.8% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.1%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 75th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 2,155 people per km² |
| Capital | Nonthaburi |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 14°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-12 |
What the numbers say about Nonthaburi
- Nonthaburi covers 0.1% of the area of Thailand and ranks 16th of 77 by population, against 75th by area.
- It would take 868 provinces the size of Nonthaburi to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 38.4× the size of Nonthaburi; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 70% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Phuket (557 km², 1.06×) and Samut Sakhon (843 km², 1.42×).
- Counted as a country, Nonthaburi would be larger than 48 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 192nd by area, between Tonga (603 km²) and Northern Mariana Islands (579 km²).
- With 1.3 million people it would rank 159th of 238 by population.
- Nonthaburi has 2,155 people per km².
- That makes Nonthaburi the 2nd most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 16.7× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Nonthaburi lies at 14°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, Nonthaburi stretches about 38 km north to south and 31 km east to west.
- Our measured 592 km² is 4.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 622 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Nonthaburi is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 20 points. Take its shape as a sketch and the official figure as the firmer number.
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.
- United StatesAreanone within 2×PeopleMaine0.94× · 1.4 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu1.03× · 574 km²PeopleArunachal Pradesh0.92× · 1.4 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaHamburg77% · 774 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania81% · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaMayotte1.50× · 395 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.45× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleAbruzzo0.98× · 1.3 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleAragon0.95× · 1.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleNagasaki0.98× · 1.3 million (2021)
- BrazilAreanone within 2×PeopleTocantins84% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleManitoba0.95× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia67% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreanone within 2×PeopleTlaxcala1.00× · 1.3 million (2015)
Where Nonthaburi 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