Province of Thailand
Tak
Tak is a province of Thailand. It covers about 16,400 km² (6,320 mi²), the 4th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 96% of the size of Eswatini. About 670,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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- Eswatini
- Tak
Facts
| Area, measured | 16,400 km²6,320 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 16,400 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 3.2%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 4th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 670,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 41 people per km² |
| Capital | Tak |
| Latitude range | 15°N to 18°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-63 |
What the numbers say about Tak
- Tak covers 3.2% of the area of Thailand and ranks 39th of 77 by population, against 4th by area.
- It would take 31.4 provinces the size of Tak to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 1.39× the size of Tak; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 2.5% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Ubon Ratchathani (14,500 km², 1.13×) and Mae Hong Son (13,600 km², 1.20×).
- Counted as a country, Tak would be larger than 81 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 159th by area, between Eswatini (17,100 km²) and East Timor (15,100 km²).
- With 670,000 people it would rank 167th of 238 by population.
- Tak has 41 people per km², about the density of Nicaragua, which has 40 per km².
- That makes Tak the 75th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 32% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Tak lies at 17°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, Tak stretches about 282 km north to south and 153 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,400 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.
- ChinaAreaBeijing1.01× · 16,300 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaHawaii0.97× · 16,800 km²PeopleWashington, D.C.0.97× · 690,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaNagaland1.01× · 16,300 km²PeopleSikkim1.02× · 658,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaThuringia1.02× · 16,100 km²PeopleBremen0.97× · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France1.35× · 12,100 km²PeopleRéunion (France)76% · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaLazio0.96× · 17,000 km²PeopleBasilicata1.19× · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaValencian Community70% · 23,300 km²PeopleNavarre0.99× · 678,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.06× · 15,500 km²PeopleShimane1.01× · 665,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe76% · 21,600 km²PeopleRoraima1.05× · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNew Brunswick86% · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.24× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaHidalgo77% · 21,300 km²PeopleBaja California Sur1.05× · 637,000 (2010)
Where Tak sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Tak
- Veneto vs Tak
- Lazio vs Tak
- Hawaii vs Tak
- Eswatini vs Tak
- Kuwait vs Tak
- Belgium vs Tak
- Netherlands vs Tak
- Tak vs Luxembourg
- Tak vs Montenegro
- Tak vs Beijing
- Sergipe vs Tak
- Tak vs Nagaland
- Hidalgo vs Tak
- Valencian Community vs Tak
- Tak vs Île-de-France
- Tak vs Iwate
- Tak vs Thuringia
- Tak vs Sikkim
- Tak vs Navarre
- Tak vs Shimane
- Tak vs Schleswig-Holstein
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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