Province of Thailand
Suphan Buri
Suphan Buri is a province of Thailand. It covers about 5,420 km² (2,090 mi²), the 42nd largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Cyprus. About 839,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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- Suphan Buri
- Cyprus
Facts
| Area, measured | 5,420 km²2,090 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 5,360 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 1.1%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 42nd of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 839,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 155 people per km² |
| Capital | Suphan Buri |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 15°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-72 |
What the numbers say about Suphan Buri
- Suphan Buri covers 1.1% of the area of Thailand and ranks 29th of 77 by population, against 42nd by area.
- It would take 95.0 provinces the size of Suphan Buri to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 4.20× the size of Suphan Buri; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 7.7% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Ratchaburi (5,420 km², 1.00×) and Chachoengsao (5,550 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Suphan Buri would be larger than 67 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 173rd by area, between Brunei (5,720 km²) and Cyprus (5,400 km²).
- With 839,000 people it would rank 165th of 238 by population.
- Suphan Buri has 155 people per km², about the density of Guatemala, which has 159 per km².
- That makes Suphan Buri the 26th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 1.20× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Suphan Buri lies at 15°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, Suphan Buri stretches about 112 km north to south and 108 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,420 km², to within 2%.
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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai80% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.05× · 5,170 km²PeopleSouth Dakota0.95× · 887,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim78% · 6,940 km²PeopleChandigarh79% · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleSaarland83% · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)62% · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)0.95× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaLiguria0.99× · 5,490 km²PeopleUmbria0.95× · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaCantabria1.01× · 5,350 km²PeopleAsturias83% · 1.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreaEhime0.96× · 5,630 km²PeopleSaga1.04× · 810,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District0.93× · 5,790 km²PeopleAcre1.01× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island0.94× · 5,730 km²PeopleNew Brunswick1.08× · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.55× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaAguascalientes0.98× · 5,550 km²PeopleCampeche0.90× · 928,000 (2020)
Where Suphan Buri sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Ranked within Thailand
Compare Suphan Buri
- Acre vs Suphan Buri
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- Federal District vs Suphan Buri
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- Aguascalientes vs Suphan Buri
- Suphan Buri vs Cantabria
- Corsica (France) vs Suphan Buri
- Ehime vs Suphan Buri
- Liguria vs Suphan Buri
- Suphan Buri vs La Rioja
- Suphan Buri vs Balearic Islands
- Suphan Buri vs Chiba
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- Suphan Buri vs Fukuoka
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
