Province of Thailand
Pathum Thani
Pathum Thani is a province of Thailand. It covers about 1,480 km² (571 mi²), the 70th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 88% of the size of the Comoros. About 1.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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- Comoros
- Pathum Thani
Facts
| Area, measured | 1,480 km²571 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 1,530 km²Wikidata · 3.1% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.3%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 70th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 796 people per km² |
| Capital | Pathum Thani |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 14°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-13 |
What the numbers say about Pathum Thani
- Pathum Thani covers 0.3% of the area of Thailand and ranks 17th of 77 by population, against 70th by area.
- It would take 348 provinces the size of Pathum Thani to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 15.4× the size of Pathum Thani; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 28% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Bangkok (1,560 km², 1.06×) and Pattani (2,000 km², 1.35×).
- Counted as a country, Pathum Thani would be larger than 57 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 183rd by area, between the Comoros (1,670 km²) and Faroe Islands (1,330 km²).
- With 1.2 million people it would rank 161st of 238 by population.
- Pathum Thani has 796 people per km², about the density of Mauritius, which has 628 per km².
- That makes Pathum Thani the 4th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 6.18× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Pathum Thani 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, Pathum Thani stretches about 38 km north to south and 62 km east to west.
- Our measured 1,480 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,530 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Pathum Thani is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 22 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 StatesAreaRhode Island52% · 2,830 km²PeopleRhode Island1.07× · 1.1 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaDelhi1.00× · 1,480 km²PeopleMizoram1.07× · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBerlin1.66× · 889 km²PeopleSaarland1.17× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaGuadeloupe89% · 1,660 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.33× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleFriuli-Venezia Giulia0.97× · 1.2 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleBalearic Islands1.00× · 1.2 million (2022)
- JapanAreaKagawa80% · 1,850 km²PeopleIwate0.98× · 1.2 million (2021)
- BrazilAreanone within 2×PeopleTocantins78% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleSaskatchewan1.04× · 1.1 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory63% · 2,350 km²PeopleSouth Australia62% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaMexico City1.07× · 1,380 km²PeopleNayarit0.96× · 1.2 million (2015)
Where Pathum Thani sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Ranked within Thailand
Compare Pathum Thani
- Balearic Islands vs Pathum Thani
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- Pathum Thani vs Mexico City
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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