Province of Thailand
Phrae
Phrae is a province of Thailand. It covers about 6,600 km² (2,550 mi²), the 31st largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 1.15× the size of Brunei. About 437,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 6,600 km²2,550 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 6,540 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 1.3%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 31st of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 437,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 66 people per km² |
| Capital | Mueang Phrae; Phrae |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 19°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-54 |
What the numbers say about Phrae
- Phrae covers 1.3% of the area of Thailand and ranks 61st of 77 by population, against 31st by area.
- It would take 78.0 provinces the size of Phrae to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 3.45× the size of Phrae; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 6.3% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Uthai Thani (6,540 km², 1.01×) and Phetchaburi (6,510 km², 1.01×).
- Counted as a country, Phrae 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 437,000 people it would rank 175th of 238 by population.
- Phrae has 66 people per km², about the density of Ecuador, which has 66 per km².
- That makes Phrae the 67th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 51% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Phrae lies at 18°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, Phrae stretches about 128 km north to south and 130 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 6,540 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,600 km², to within 2%.
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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai0.98× · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.28× · 5,170 km²PeopleWyoming76% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim0.95× · 6,940 km²PeopleAndaman and Nicobar Islands1.23× · 356,000 (2005)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBremen63% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)76% · 8,670 km²PeopleGuadeloupe1.14× · 384,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaFriuli-Venezia Giulia90% · 7,340 km²PeopleBasilicata78% · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaBasque Country0.93× · 7,060 km²PeopleLa Rioja1.35× · 324,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaOita1.01× · 6,550 km²PeopleTottori80% · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.14× · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima69% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.15× · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador86% · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleAustralian Capital Territory0.91× · 482,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaColima1.12× · 5,880 km²PeopleBaja California Sur69% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Phrae sits in Thailand
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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