Province of Thailand
Yasothon
Yasothon is a province of Thailand. It covers about 4,090 km² (1,580 mi²), the 52nd largest of the 77 provinces in Natural Earth’s file for Thailand, and 1.04× the size of Cape Verde. About 535,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Yasothon
- Cape Verde
Facts
| Area, measured | 4,090 km²1,580 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,160 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Thailand | 0.8%of the area of the 77 provinces |
| Rank by area | 52nd of 77provinces of Thailand |
| Population | 535,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 131 people per km² |
| Capital | Yasothon |
| Latitude range | 15°N to 16°N |
| Type | ProvinceTH-35 |
What the numbers say about Yasothon
- Yasothon covers 0.8% of the area of Thailand and ranks 49th of 77 by population, against 52nd by area.
- It would take 126 provinces the size of Yasothon to cover Thailand.
- The largest, Chiang Mai, is 5.57× the size of Yasothon; the smallest, Samut Songkhram, is 10% of it.
- Closest in size within Thailand: Mukdahan (4,090 km², 1.00×) and Lamphun (4,070 km², 1.01×).
- Counted as a country, Yasothon 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 535,000 people it would rank 173rd of 238 by population.
- Yasothon has 131 people per km², about the density of Thailand, which has 129 per km².
- That makes Yasothon the 32nd most densely populated of the 77 provinces, 1.01× the average for Thailand (129 per km²).
- Yasothon lies at 16°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, Yasothon stretches about 118 km north to south and 87 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,160 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,090 km², to within 2%.
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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai61% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware79% · 5,170 km²PeopleWyoming0.93× · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.20× · 3,420 km²PeopleDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu0.91× · 586,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.54× · 2,650 km²PeopleBremen77% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.58× · 2,580 km²PeopleGuadeloupe1.39× · 384,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise0.90× · 4,530 km²PeopleBasilicata0.95× · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands80% · 5,120 km²PeopleCantabria0.90× · 592,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaIshikawa0.99× · 4,110 km²PeopleTottori0.97× · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District71% · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima84% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island71% · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador1.05× · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.74× · 2,350 km²PeopleTasmania (Australia)0.99× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaTlaxcala1.06× · 3,870 km²PeopleBaja California Sur84% · 637,000 (2010)
Where Yasothon sits in Thailand
All 77 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Yasothon
- Yasothon vs Cape Verde
- Trinidad and Tobago vs Yasothon
- Yasothon vs Luxembourg
- Yasothon vs Australian Capital Territory
- Prince Edward Island vs Yasothon
- Shanghai vs Yasothon
- Federal District vs Yasothon
- Delaware vs Yasothon
- Yasothon vs Goa
- Yasothon vs Tlaxcala
- Balearic Islands vs Yasothon
- Yasothon vs Réunion (France)
- Ishikawa vs Yasothon
- Yasothon vs Saarland
- Molise vs Yasothon
- Tasmania (Australia) vs Yasothon
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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