Province of Thailand
Ubon Ratchathani
Ubon Ratchathani is a province of Thailand. It covers about 14,500 km² (5,610 mi²), the 5th largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 96% of the size of East Timor. About 1.9 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 14,500 km²5,610 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 15,700 km²Wikidata · 7.8% above our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 2.8%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 5th of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 129 people per km² |
| Capital | Ubon Ratchathani |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 16°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-34 |
What the numbers say about Ubon Ratchathani
- Ubon Ratchathani covers 2.8% of the area of Thailand and ranks 3rd of 77 by population, against 5th by area.
- It would take 35.4 provinces the size of Ubon Ratchathani to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 1.57× the size of Ubon Ratchathani; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 2.9% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Mae Hong Son (13,600 km², 1.07×) and Surat Thani (13,400 km², 1.08×).
- Counted as a country, Ubon Ratchathani would be larger than 80 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 160th by area, between East Timor (15,100 km²) and Montenegro (13,700 km²).
- With 1.9 million people it would rank 149th of 238 by population.
- Ubon Ratchathani has 129 people per km², about the density of Thailand, which has 129 per km².
- That makes Ubon Ratchathani the 35th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 100% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Ubon Ratchathani 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, Ubon Ratchathani stretches about 209 km north to south and 136 km east to west.
- Our measured 14,500 km² is 7.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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.
- ChinaAreaBeijing89% · 16,300 km²PeopleTibet51% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaConnecticut1.14× · 12,700 km²PeopleIdaho1.02× · 1.8 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaNagaland89% · 16,300 km²PeopleNagaland0.94× · 2.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein0.94× · 15,400 km²PeopleHamburg0.99× · 1.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France1.20× · 12,100 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire72% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaCalabria0.96× · 15,100 km²PeopleCalabria0.96× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaMurcia1.28× · 11,300 km²PeopleCastilla–La Mancha89% · 2.1 million (2024)
- JapanAreaFukushima1.04× · 14,000 km²PeopleOkayama0.99× · 1.9 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe67% · 21,600 km²PeopleRondônia1.18× · 1.6 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleManitoba1.39× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia0.99× · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro1.24× · 11,700 km²PeopleQuintana Roo1.00× · 1.9 million (2020)
Where Ubon Ratchathani 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