Province of Thailand
Samut Sakhon
Samut Sakhon is a province of Thailand. It covers about 843 km² (325 mi²), the 74th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 1.15× the size of Dominica. About 586,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
10 km
- Samut Sakhon
- Dominica
Facts
| Area, measured | 843 km²325 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 872 km²Wikidata · 3.4% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.2%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 74th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 586,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 696 people per km² |
| Capital | Samut Sakhon |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 14°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-74 |
What the numbers say about Samut Sakhon
- Samut Sakhon covers 0.2% of the area of Thailand and ranks 44th of 77 by population, against 74th by area.
- It would take 610 provinces the size of Samut Sakhon to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 27.0× the size of Samut Sakhon; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 49% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Sing Buri (851 km², 1.01×) and Samut Prakan (900 km², 1.07×).
- Counted as a country, Samut Sakhon 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 586,000 people it would rank 170th of 238 by population.
- Samut Sakhon has 696 people per km², about the density of Mauritius, which has 628 per km².
- That makes Samut Sakhon the 6th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 5.40× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Samut Sakhon 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 Sakhon stretches about 34 km north to south and 40 km east to west.
- Our measured 843 km² is 3.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 872 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Samut Sakhon is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 27 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×PeopleWyoming1.02× · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu1.47× · 574 km²PeopleDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu1.00× · 586,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaBerlin0.95× · 889 km²PeopleBremen85% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaMartinique77% · 1,100 km²PeopleRéunion (France)67% · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleBasilicata1.04× · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleCantabria0.99× · 592,000 (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleTottori1.07× · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreanone within 2×PeopleRoraima0.92× · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador1.15× · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.09× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaMexico City61% · 1,380 km²PeopleBaja California Sur0.92× · 637,000 (2010)
Where Samut Sakhon 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