Province of Thailand
Surat Thani
Surat Thani is a province of Thailand. It covers about 13,400 km² (5,190 mi²), the 7th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and about the same size as Montenegro. About 1.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 13,400 km²5,190 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 12,900 km²Wikidata · 4.3% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 2.6%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 7th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 79 people per km² |
| Capital | Surat Thani |
| Latitude range | 8°N to 10°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-84 |
What the numbers say about Surat Thani
- Surat Thani covers 2.6% of the area of Thailand and ranks 20th of 77 by population, against 7th by area.
- It would take 38.3 provinces the size of Surat Thani to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 1.69× the size of Surat Thani; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 3.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Mae Hong Son (13,600 km², 1.01×) and Chaiyaphum (13,200 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Surat Thani would be larger than 79 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 161st by area, between Montenegro (13,700 km²) and the Bahamas (12,600 km²).
- With 1.1 million people it would rank 162nd of 238 by population.
- Surat Thani has 79 people per km², about the density of Greece, which has 80 per km².
- That makes Surat Thani the 61st most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 62% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Surat Thani lies at 9°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, Surat Thani stretches about 166 km north to south and 180 km east to west.
- Our measured 13,400 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin1.17× · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut1.06× · 12,700 km²PeopleMontana0.98× · 1.1 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaNagaland83% · 16,300 km²PeopleChandigarh1.01× · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein87% · 15,400 km²PeopleSaarland1.06× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France1.11× · 12,100 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.21× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaCampania1.00× · 13,500 km²PeopleTrentino-Alto Adige1.00× · 1.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreaMurcia1.19× · 11,300 km²PeopleExtremadura1.01× · 1.1 million (2024)
- JapanAreaNagano0.98× · 13,700 km²PeopleYamagata1.00× · 1.1 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe62% · 21,600 km²PeopleAcre1.29× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleSaskatchewan0.94× · 1.1 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia56% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro1.15× · 11,700 km²PeopleNayarit87% · 1.2 million (2015)
Where Surat Thani 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