Province of Thailand
Ratchaburi
Ratchaburi is a province of Thailand. It covers about 5,420 km² (2,090 mi²), the 41st largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Cyprus. About 869,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Ratchaburi
- Cyprus
Facts
| Area, measured | 5,420 km²2,090 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 5,200 km²Wikidata · 4.3% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 1.1%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 41st of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 869,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 160 people per km² |
| Capital | Ratchaburi |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 14°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-70 |
What the numbers say about Ratchaburi
- Ratchaburi covers 1.1% of the area of Thailand and ranks 27th of 77 by population, against 41st by area.
- It would take 94.9 provinces the size of Ratchaburi to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 4.20× the size of Ratchaburi; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 7.7% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Suphan Buri (5,420 km², 1.00×) and Chachoengsao (5,550 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Ratchaburi would be larger than 67 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 173rd by area, between Brunei (5,720 km²) and Cyprus (5,400 km²).
- With 869,000 people it would rank 165th of 238 by population.
- Ratchaburi has 160 people per km², about the density of Guatemala, which has 159 per km².
- That makes Ratchaburi the 24th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 1.24× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Ratchaburi 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, Ratchaburi stretches about 89 km north to south and 101 km east to west.
- Our measured 5,420 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,200 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai80% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.05× · 5,170 km²PeopleSouth Dakota0.98× · 887,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim78% · 6,940 km²PeopleChandigarh82% · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleSaarland86% · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)63% · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)0.99× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaLiguria0.99× · 5,490 km²PeopleUmbria0.99× · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaCantabria1.01× · 5,350 km²PeopleAsturias86% · 1.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreaEhime0.96× · 5,630 km²PeopleWakayama0.95× · 911,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District0.94× · 5,790 km²PeopleAcre1.05× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island0.95× · 5,730 km²PeopleNova Scotia90% · 969,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.61× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaAguascalientes0.98× · 5,550 km²PeopleCampeche0.94× · 928,000 (2020)
Where Ratchaburi sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Ratchaburi
- Ratchaburi vs Cyprus
- Brunei vs Ratchaburi
- Guyana vs Ratchaburi
- Prince Edward Island vs Ratchaburi
- Shanghai vs Ratchaburi
- Federal District vs Ratchaburi
- Ratchaburi vs Delaware
- Sikkim vs Ratchaburi
- Aguascalientes vs Ratchaburi
- Ratchaburi vs Cantabria
- Corsica (France) vs Ratchaburi
- Ehime vs Ratchaburi
- Liguria vs Ratchaburi
- South Dakota vs Ratchaburi
- Ratchaburi vs Réunion (France)
- Umbria vs Ratchaburi
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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