Province of Thailand
Yala
Yala is a province of Thailand. It covers about 4,700 km² (1,820 mi²), the 43rd largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 92% of the size of Trinidad and Tobago. About 539,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 4,700 km²1,820 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,520 km²Wikidata · 4.0% below our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.9%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 43rd of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 539,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 115 people per km² |
| Capital | Yala |
| Latitude range | 6°N to 7°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-95 |
What the numbers say about Yala
- Yala covers 0.9% of the area of Thailand and ranks 47th of 77 by population, against 43rd by area.
- It would take 109 provinces the size of Yala to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 4.84× the size of Yala; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 8.8% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Trang (4,700 km², 1.00×) and Prachinburi (4,620 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Yala would be larger than 65 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 175th by area, between Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²) and Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- With 539,000 people it would rank 173rd of 238 by population.
- Yala has 115 people per km², about the density of Egypt, which has 114 per km².
- That makes Yala the 45th most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 89% of the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Yala lies at 6°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, Yala stretches about 116 km north to south and 88 km east to west.
- Our measured 4,700 km² is 4.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,520 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai70% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware0.91× · 5,170 km²PeopleWyoming0.93× · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.37× · 3,420 km²PeopleDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu0.92× · 586,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.77× · 2,650 km²PeopleBremen78% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.82× · 2,580 km²PeopleGuadeloupe1.40× · 384,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise1.04× · 4,530 km²PeopleBasilicata0.96× · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands0.92× · 5,120 km²PeopleCantabria0.91× · 592,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaKyoto1.02× · 4,610 km²PeopleTottori0.98× · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District81% · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima85% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island82% · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador1.05× · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.00× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaMorelos0.93× · 5,080 km²PeopleBaja California Sur85% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Yala sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
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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