Province of Thailand
Samut Prakan
Samut Prakan is a province of Thailand. It covers about 900 km² (347 mi²), the 72nd largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 87% of the size of São Tomé and Príncipe. About 1.4 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 900 km²347 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 1,000 km²Wikidata · 10% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.2%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 72nd of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 1,502 people per km² |
| Capital | Samut Prakan |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 14°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-11 |
What the numbers say about Samut Prakan
- Samut Prakan covers 0.2% of the area of Thailand and ranks 13th of 77 by population, against 72nd by area.
- It would take 572 provinces the size of Samut Prakan to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 25.3× the size of Samut Prakan; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 46% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Sing Buri (851 km², 1.06×) and Samut Sakhon (843 km², 1.07×).
- Counted as a country, Samut Prakan would be larger than 54 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 186th by area, between Hong Kong (1,040 km²) and Dominica (730 km²).
- With 1.4 million people it would rank 158th of 238 by population.
- Samut Prakan has 1,502 people per km², about the density of Bangladesh, which has 1,252 per km².
- That makes Samut Prakan the 3rd most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 11.7× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Samut Prakan 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, Samut Prakan stretches about 26 km north to south and 52 km east to west.
- Our measured 900 km² is 10% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Samut Prakan is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 40 points. Take its shape as a sketch and the official figure as the firmer number.
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.
- United StatesAreanone within 2×PeopleMaine0.99× · 1.4 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu1.57× · 574 km²PeopleArunachal Pradesh0.98× · 1.4 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBerlin1.01× · 889 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania86% · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaMartinique82% · 1,100 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.53× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleAbruzzo1.03× · 1.3 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleAragon1.00× · 1.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleYamaguchi1.01× · 1.3 million (2021)
- BrazilAreanone within 2×PeopleTocantins89% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleManitoba1.01× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia71% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaMexico City65% · 1,380 km²PeopleAguascalientes1.03× · 1.3 million (2015)
Where Samut Prakan sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
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