Province of Thailand
Samut Songkhram
Samut Songkhram is a province of Thailand. It covers about 415 km² (160 mi²), the 77th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 95% of the size of the Seychelles. About 192,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 415 km²160 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 417 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | less than 0.1%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 77th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 192,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 463 people per km² |
| Capital | Samut Songkhram |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 14°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-75 |
What the numbers say about Samut Songkhram
- Samut Songkhram covers less than 0.1% of the area of Thailand and ranks 77th of 77 by both area and population.
- It would take 1,240 provinces the size of Samut Songkhram to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 54.9× the size of Samut Songkhram, the smallest of the 77.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Phuket (557 km², 1.34×) and Nonthaburi (592 km², 1.43×).
- Counted as a country, Samut Songkhram would be larger than 38 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 202nd by area, between the Seychelles (436 km²) and Heard Island and McDonald Islands (395 km²).
- With 192,000 people it would rank 184th of 238 by population.
- Samut Songkhram has 463 people per km², about the density of the Netherlands, which has 480 per km².
- That makes Samut Songkhram the 7th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 3.59× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Samut Songkhram lies at 13°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 Songkhram stretches about 30 km north to south and 25 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 417 km² agrees with our measured area of 415 km², to within 2%.
- Samut Songkhram is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 25 points. Take its shape as a sketch and the official figure as the firmer number.
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.
- IndiaAreaPuducherry79% · 526 km²PeopleLadakh70% · 274,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaBremen1.08× · 386 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- FranceAreaMayotte1.05× · 395 km²PeopleFrench Guiana67% · 288,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleAosta Valley1.53× · 126,000 (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleLa Rioja59% · 324,000 (2024)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeoplePrince Edward Island1.24× · 154,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleNorthern Territory73% · 262,000 (2024)
Where Samut Songkhram 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