Province of Thailand
Pattani
Pattani is a province of Thailand. It covers about 2,000 km² (773 mi²), the 68th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Mauritius. About 726,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
200 km
- Pattani
- Mauritius
Facts
| Area, measured | 2,000 km²773 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 1,940 km²Wikidata · 3.2% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.4%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 68th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 726,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 363 people per km² |
| Capital | Pattani |
| Latitude range | 7°N to 7°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-94 |
What the numbers say about Pattani
- Pattani covers 0.4% of the area of Thailand and ranks 35th of 77 by population, against 68th by area.
- It would take 257 provinces the size of Pattani to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 11.4× the size of Pattani; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 21% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Nakhon Pathom (2,100 km², 1.05×) and Nakhon Nayok (2,200 km², 1.10×).
- Counted as a country, Pattani would be larger than 59 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 181st by area, between Luxembourg (2,610 km²) and Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- With 726,000 people it would rank 166th of 238 by population.
- Pattani has 363 people per km², about the density of the Philippines, which has 384 per km².
- That makes Pattani the 9th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 2.82× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Pattani lies at 7°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, Pattani stretches about 46 km north to south and 76 km east to west.
- Our measured 2,000 km² is 3.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 1,940 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Pattani is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 50 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 Island71% · 2,830 km²PeopleAlaska0.99× · 733,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaDelhi1.35× · 1,480 km²PeopleSikkim1.10× · 658,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland75% · 2,650 km²PeopleBremen1.05× · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaGuadeloupe1.21× · 1,660 km²PeopleRéunion (France)82% · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaAosta Valley61% · 3,300 km²PeopleUmbria82% · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleNavarre1.07× · 678,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaOkinawa0.93× · 2,150 km²PeopleTokushima1.01× · 722,000 (2020)
- BrazilAreanone within 2×PeopleAmapá0.99× · 734,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNew Brunswick0.94× · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory85% · 2,350 km²PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.35× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaMexico City1.46× · 1,380 km²PeopleColima0.99× · 731,000 (2020)
Where Pattani sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Pattani
- Pattani vs Mauritius
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- Pattani vs Delhi
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- Pattani vs Osaka
- Pattani vs Kagawa
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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