Province of Thailand
Prachinburi
Prachinburi is a province of Thailand. It covers about 4,620 km² (1,780 mi²), the 45th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 90% of the size of Trinidad and Tobago. About 494,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 4,620 km²1,780 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,760 km²Wikidata · 3.0% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.9%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 45th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 494,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 107 people per km² |
| Capital | Prachin Buri |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 14°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-25 |
What the numbers say about Prachinburi
- Prachinburi covers 0.9% of the area of Thailand and ranks 55th of 77 by population, against 45th by area.
- It would take 111 provinces the size of Prachinburi to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 4.93× the size of Prachinburi; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 9.0% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Trang (4,700 km², 1.02×) and Yala (4,700 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Prachinburi 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 494,000 people it would rank 173rd of 238 by population.
- Prachinburi has 107 people per km², about the density of Austria, which has 107 per km².
- That makes Prachinburi the 47th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 83% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Prachinburi lies at 14°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, Prachinburi stretches about 83 km north to south and 99 km east to west.
- Our measured 4,620 km² is 3.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,760 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai68% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware89% · 5,170 km²PeopleWyoming86% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.35× · 3,420 km²PeopleDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu84% · 586,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.74× · 2,650 km²PeopleBremen71% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.79× · 2,580 km²PeopleGuadeloupe1.29× · 384,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise1.02× · 4,530 km²PeopleBasilicata88% · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands0.90× · 5,120 km²PeopleCantabria83% · 592,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaKyoto1.00× · 4,610 km²PeopleTottori90% · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District80% · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima78% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island81% · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador0.97× · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.97× · 2,350 km²PeopleAustralian Capital Territory1.02× · 482,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaMorelos0.91× · 5,080 km²PeopleBaja California Sur77% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Prachinburi sits in Thailand
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Ranked within 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