Province of Thailand
Surin
Surin is a province of Thailand. It covers about 8,560 km² (3,310 mi²), the 23rd largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 86% of the size of Lebanon. About 1.4 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 8,560 km²3,310 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 8,120 km²Wikidata · 5.4% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 1.7%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 23rd of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 161 people per km² |
| Capital | Surin |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 15°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-32 |
What the numbers say about Surin
- Surin covers 1.7% of the area of Thailand and ranks 12th of 77 by population, against 23rd by area.
- It would take 60.1 provinces the size of Surin to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 2.66× the size of Surin; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 4.8% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Kamphaeng Phet (8,750 km², 1.02×) and Sisaket (8,850 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Surin 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 156th of 238 by population.
- Surin has 161 people per km², about the density of Guatemala, which has 159 per km².
- That makes Surin the 23rd most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 1.25× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Surin 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, Surin stretches about 127 km north to south and 105 km east to west.
- Our measured 8,560 km² is 5.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 8,120 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai1.27× · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut67% · 12,700 km²PeopleNew Hampshire1.00× · 1.4 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaAndaman and Nicobar Islands1.20× · 7,110 km²PeopleArunachal Pradesh1.00× · 1.4 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein55% · 15,400 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania88% · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)0.99× · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.56× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaUmbria1.01× · 8,500 km²PeopleAbruzzo1.05× · 1.3 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCommunity of Madrid1.07× · 8,000 km²PeopleAragon1.02× · 1.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHyogo1.02× · 8,380 km²PeopleShiga0.98× · 1.4 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.48× · 5,790 km²PeopleTocantins0.91× · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.49× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba1.03× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia73% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro73% · 11,700 km²PeopleAguascalientes1.05× · 1.3 million (2015)
Where Surin sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Surin
- Arunachal Pradesh vs Surin
- New Hampshire vs Surin
- Lebanon vs Surin
- Gambia vs Surin
- Estonia vs Surin
- Montenegro vs Surin
- Surin vs Prince Edward Island
- Surin vs Shanghai
- Surin vs Federal District
- Connecticut vs Surin
- Surin vs Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Querétaro vs Surin
- Surin vs Community of Madrid
- Corsica (France) vs Surin
- Surin vs Hyogo
- Schleswig-Holstein vs Surin
- Surin vs Umbria
- Surin vs Hiroshima
- Surin vs Puducherry
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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