Province of Thailand
Sakon Nakhon
Sakon Nakhon is a province of Thailand. It covers about 9,560 km² (3,690 mi²), the 20th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 96% of the size of Lebanon. About 1.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 9,560 km²3,690 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 9,610 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 1.9%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 20th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 120 people per km² |
| Capital | Sakon Nakhon |
| Latitude range | 17°N to 18°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-47 |
What the numbers say about Sakon Nakhon
- Sakon Nakhon covers 1.9% of the area of Thailand and ranks 18th of 77 by population, against 20th by area.
- It would take 53.8 provinces the size of Sakon Nakhon to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 2.38× the size of Sakon Nakhon; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 4.3% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Nakhon Sawan (9,760 km², 1.02×) and Buriram (10,100 km², 1.06×).
- Counted as a country, Sakon Nakhon would be larger than 71 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 169th by area, between Lebanon (10,000 km²) and Puerto Rico (9,010 km²).
- With 1.1 million people it would rank 162nd of 238 by population.
- Sakon Nakhon has 120 people per km², about the density of Poland, which has 120 per km².
- That makes Sakon Nakhon the 41st most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 93% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Sakon Nakhon 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, Sakon Nakhon stretches about 143 km north to south and 127 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 9,610 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,560 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin83% · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut75% · 12,700 km²PeopleRhode Island1.05× · 1.1 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura89% · 10,700 km²PeopleMizoram1.05× · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein62% · 15,400 km²PeopleSaarland1.14× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)1.10× · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.30× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMarche1.01× · 9,450 km²PeopleFriuli-Venezia Giulia0.94× · 1.2 million (2019)
- SpainAreaNavarre0.95× · 10,100 km²PeopleBalearic Islands0.97× · 1.2 million (2022)
- JapanAreaAomori0.99× · 9,660 km²PeopleIshikawa1.01× · 1.1 million (2020)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.65× · 5,790 km²PeopleTocantins76% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.67× · 5,730 km²PeopleSaskatchewan1.01× · 1.1 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia61% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro82% · 11,700 km²PeopleNayarit0.94× · 1.2 million (2015)
Where Sakon Nakhon 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