Province of Thailand
Phitsanulok
Phitsanulok is a province of Thailand. It covers about 10,500 km² (4,060 mi²), the 15th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as the Gambia. About 849,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
100 km
- Phitsanulok
- Gambia
Facts
| Area, measured | 10,500 km²4,060 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 10,800 km²Wikidata · 2.9% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 2.0%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 15th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 849,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 81 people per km² |
| Capital | Phitsanulok |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 18°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-65 |
What the numbers say about Phitsanulok
- Phitsanulok covers 2.0% of the area of Thailand and ranks 28th of 77 by population, against 15th by area.
- It would take 49.0 provinces the size of Phitsanulok to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 2.17× the size of Phitsanulok; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 3.9% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Loei (10,400 km², 1.01×) and Khon Kaen (10,700 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Phitsanulok would be larger than 73 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 167th by area, between Kosovo (10,900 km²) and the Gambia (10,500 km²).
- With 849,000 people it would rank 165th of 238 by population.
- Phitsanulok has 81 people per km², about the density of Romania, which has 81 per km².
- That makes Phitsanulok the 59th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 63% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Phitsanulok lies at 17°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, Phitsanulok stretches about 151 km north to south and 128 km east to west.
- Our measured 10,500 km² is 2.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 10,800 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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin0.92× · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut83% · 12,700 km²PeopleSouth Dakota0.96× · 887,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura0.98× · 10,700 km²PeopleChandigarh80% · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein68% · 15,400 km²PeopleSaarland84% · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France87% · 12,100 km²PeopleRéunion (France)0.96× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaAbruzzo0.96× · 10,900 km²PeopleUmbria0.96× · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaAsturias0.98× · 10,700 km²PeopleAsturias84% · 1.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreaGifu0.98× · 10,700 km²PeopleSaga1.05× · 810,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.81× · 5,790 km²PeopleAcre1.02× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.83× · 5,730 km²PeopleNew Brunswick1.10× · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.57× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro90% · 11,700 km²PeopleCampeche0.92× · 928,000 (2020)
Where Phitsanulok sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
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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