Province of Thailand
Phetchaburi
Phetchaburi is a province of Thailand. It covers about 6,510 km² (2,510 mi²), the 33rd largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 1.14× the size of Brunei. About 482,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Phetchaburi
- Brunei
Facts
| Area, measured | 6,510 km²2,510 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 6,230 km²Wikidata · 4.6% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 1.3%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 33rd of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 482,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 74 people per km² |
| Capital | Phetchaburi |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 13°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-76 |
What the numbers say about Phetchaburi
- Phetchaburi covers 1.3% of the area of Thailand and ranks 56th of 77 by population, against 33rd by area.
- It would take 79.0 provinces the size of Phetchaburi to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 3.49× the size of Phetchaburi; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 6.4% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Uthai Thani (6,540 km², 1.00×) and Lopburi (6,480 km², 1.01×).
- Counted as a country, Phetchaburi would be larger than 69 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 171st by area, between French Southern and Antarctic Lands (6,990 km²) and Palestine (6,070 km²).
- With 482,000 people it would rank 174th of 238 by population.
- Phetchaburi has 74 people per km², about the density of Honduras, which has 74 per km².
- That makes Phetchaburi the 66th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 57% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Phetchaburi lies at 13°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, Phetchaburi stretches about 88 km north to south and 110 km east to west.
- Our measured 6,510 km² is 4.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,230 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai0.97× · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.26× · 5,170 km²PeopleWyoming84% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim0.94× · 6,940 km²PeopleDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu82% · 586,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBremen70% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)75% · 8,670 km²PeopleGuadeloupe1.26× · 384,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaFriuli-Venezia Giulia89% · 7,340 km²PeopleBasilicata86% · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaBasque Country0.92× · 7,060 km²PeopleCantabria82% · 592,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaTochigi1.00× · 6,480 km²PeopleTottori88% · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.12× · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima76% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.14× · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador0.94× · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleAustralian Capital Territory1.00× · 482,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaColima1.11× · 5,880 km²PeopleBaja California Sur76% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Phetchaburi sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Ranked within Thailand
Compare Phetchaburi
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- Phetchaburi vs Australian Capital Territory
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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