Province of Thailand
Songkhla
Songkhla is a province of Thailand. It covers about 7,460 km² (2,880 mi²), the 26th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 1.31× the size of Brunei. About 1.4 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Songkhla
- Brunei
Facts
| Area, measured | 7,460 km²2,880 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 7,390 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 1.5%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 26th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 191 people per km² |
| Capital | Songkhla |
| Latitude range | 6°N to 8°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-90 |
What the numbers say about Songkhla
- Songkhla covers 1.5% of the area of Thailand and ranks 11th of 77 by population, against 26th by area.
- It would take 68.9 provinces the size of Songkhla to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 3.05× the size of Songkhla; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 5.6% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Uttaradit (7,610 km², 1.02×) and Roi Et (7,720 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Songkhla would be larger than 70 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 170th by area, between Puerto Rico (9,010 km²) and French Southern and Antarctic Lands (6,990 km²).
- With 1.4 million people it would rank 155th of 238 by population.
- Songkhla has 191 people per km², about the density of Uganda, which has 195 per km².
- That makes Songkhla the 16th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 1.49× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Songkhla lies at 7°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Songkhla stretches about 182 km north to south and 119 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 7,390 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,460 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai1.11× · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.44× · 5,170 km²PeopleHawaii0.98× · 1.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaAndaman and Nicobar Islands1.05× · 7,110 km²PeopleGoa0.98× · 1.5 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania0.91× · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)86% · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.62× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaFriuli-Venezia Giulia1.02× · 7,340 km²PeopleMarche0.94× · 1.5 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCanary Islands1.00× · 7,440 km²PeopleAragon1.06× · 1.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaMiyagi0.99× · 7,500 km²PeopleShiga1.01× · 1.4 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.29× · 5,790 km²PeopleTocantins0.95× · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.30× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba1.06× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia76% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaColima1.27× · 5,880 km²PeopleAguascalientes1.09× · 1.3 million (2015)
Where Songkhla sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
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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