Province of Thailand
Phichit
Phichit is a province of Thailand. It covers about 4,240 km² (1,640 mi²), the 50th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 1.08× the size of Cape Verde. About 532,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Phichit
- Cape Verde
Facts
| Area, measured | 4,240 km²1,640 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,530 km²Wikidata · 6.3% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.8%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 50th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 532,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 125 people per km² |
| Capital | Phichit |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 17°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-66 |
What the numbers say about Phichit
- Phichit covers 0.8% of the area of Thailand and ranks 50th of 77 by both area and population.
- It would take 121 provinces the size of Phichit to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 5.36× the size of Phichit; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 9.8% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Nong Bua Lamphu (4,240 km², 1.00×) and Chonburi (4,330 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Phichit 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 532,000 people it would rank 173rd of 238 by population.
- Phichit has 125 people per km², about the density of Syria, which has 128 per km².
- That makes Phichit the 38th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 97% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Phichit lies at 16°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, Phichit stretches about 76 km north to south and 85 km east to west.
- Our measured 4,240 km² is 6.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,530 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 km²PeopleWyoming0.92× · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.24× · 3,420 km²PeopleDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu0.91× · 586,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.60× · 2,650 km²PeopleBremen77% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.64× · 2,580 km²PeopleGuadeloupe1.39× · 384,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise0.94× · 4,530 km²PeopleBasilicata0.95× · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands83% · 5,120 km²PeopleCantabria90% · 592,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaTokushima1.00× · 4,250 km²PeopleTottori0.97× · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District73% · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima84% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island74% · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador1.04× · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.81× · 2,350 km²PeopleTasmania (Australia)0.99× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaTlaxcala1.10× · 3,870 km²PeopleBaja California Sur84% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Phichit sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Phichit
- Phichit vs Cape Verde
- Trinidad and Tobago vs Phichit
- Phichit vs Luxembourg
- Phichit vs Australian Capital Territory
- Prince Edward Island vs Phichit
- Shanghai vs Phichit
- Federal District vs Phichit
- Delaware vs Phichit
- Phichit vs Goa
- Phichit vs Tlaxcala
- Balearic Islands vs Phichit
- Phichit vs Réunion (France)
- Tokushima vs Phichit
- Phichit vs Saarland
- Molise vs Phichit
- Tasmania (Australia) vs Phichit
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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