Province of Thailand
Phuket
Phuket is a province of Thailand. It covers about 557 km² (215 mi²), the 76th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 97% of the size of Isle of Man. About 414,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 557 km²215 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 543 km²Wikidata · 2.6% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.1%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 76th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 414,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 744 people per km² |
| Capital | Phuket |
| Latitude range | 8°N to 8°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-83 |
What the numbers say about Phuket
- Phuket covers 0.1% of the area of Thailand and ranks 63rd of 77 by population, against 76th by area.
- It would take 924 provinces the size of Phuket to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 40.9× the size of Phuket; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 74% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Nonthaburi (592 km², 1.06×) and Samut Songkhram (415 km², 1.34×).
- Counted as a country, Phuket would be larger than 45 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 195th by area, between Guam (564 km²) and Palau (492 km²).
- With 414,000 people it would rank 175th of 238 by population.
- Phuket has 744 people per km², about the density of Mauritius, which has 628 per km².
- That makes Phuket the 5th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 5.78× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Phuket lies at 8°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, Phuket stretches about 47 km north to south and 21 km east to west.
- Our measured 557 km² is 2.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 543 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Phuket is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 37 points. Take its shape as a sketch and the official figure as the firmer number.
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 StatesAreanone within 2×PeopleWyoming72% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu0.97× · 574 km²PeopleAndaman and Nicobar Islands1.16× · 356,000 (2005)
- GermanyAreaHamburg72% · 774 km²PeopleBremen60% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaMayotte1.41× · 395 km²PeopleGuadeloupe1.08× · 384,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleBasilicata74% · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleLa Rioja1.28× · 324,000 (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleTottori75% · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreanone within 2×PeopleRoraima65% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador81% · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleAustralian Capital Territory86% · 482,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreanone within 2×PeopleBaja California Sur65% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Phuket 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