List of Provinces of Thailand (with census data)
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This is a sortable list of the provinces
of Thailand
, giving area, population and population density. The data are from the registration data, compiled by the Department of Provincial Administration.
Provinces of Thailand
Thailand is divided into 76 provinces , which are geographically grouped into 6 regions. The capital Bangkok is not a province but a special administrative area and is included as the 77th province since it is administered at the same level as the other 76 provinces. The name of the provinces are...
of Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, giving area, population and population density. The data are from the registration data, compiled by the Department of Provincial Administration.
| Province | Area (km²) | Population (2005) | Population (2009) | Density (inh./km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amnat Charoen Amnat Charoen Province Amnat Charoen is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Ubon Ratchathani, Yasothon and Mukdahan. To the east it borders Salavan of Laos.-Geography:... |
3,161.2 | 368,930 | 369,494 | 116.69 |
| Ang Thong Ang Thong Province Ang Thong is one of the central provinces of Thailand. The name means "golden bowl" which refer to Angthong as a central for prosperity as it has a lot of rice fields.... |
968.4 | 283,940 | 284,836 | 293.38 |
| Ayutthaya Ayutthaya Province Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Ang Thong, Lop Buri, Saraburi, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Pathom and Suphan Buri.... |
2,556.6 | 754,590 | 769,971 | 294.92 |
| Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom... |
1,568.7 | 3,628.69 | ||
| Bueng Kan Bueng Kan Province Bueng Kan is the 76th province of Thailand, established by the Act Establishing Changwat Bueng Kan, BE 2554 which entered into force on and from March 23, 2011. The province, consisting of the districts partitioned off Nong Khai Province, is situated in the northeastern region of the country,... |
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| Buriram Buriram Province Buri Ram or is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Sa Kaeo, Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen, Maha Sarakham and Surin. To the south-east it borders Oddar Meancheay of Cambodia... |
10,322.9 | 145.80 | ||
| Chachoengsao Chachoengsao Province Chachoengsao is a province of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Prachin Buri, Sa Kaeo, Chanthaburi, Chon Buri, Samut Prakan, Bangkok, Pathum Thani and Nakhon Nayok. It also has a short coast to the Gulf of Thailand.-History:Chachoengsao or Paet Rio is a province in the Central region... |
5,351.0 | 654,300 | 665,734 | 122.17 |
| Chai Nat | 2,469.7 | 339,000 | 335,922 | 137.32 |
| Chaiyaphum Chaiyaphum Province Chaiyaphum is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Khon Kaen, Nakhon Ratchasima, Lopburi and Phetchabun.- Etymology :... |
12,778.3 | 1,119,14 | 1,122,635 | 87.57 |
| Chanthaburi Chanthaburi Province Chanthaburi is a province of Thailand. It is located in the east of Thailand, at the border to Battambang and Pailin of Cambodia and the shore to the Gulf of Thailand... |
6,338.0 | 502,380 | 509,134 | 79.27 |
| Chiang Mai Chiang Mai Province Chiang Mai is the second-largest province of Thailand, located in the north of the country. Neighboring provinces are Chiang Rai, Lampang, Lamphun, Tak, and Mae Hong Son. In the north it borders Shan State of Burma... |
20,107.0 | 82.61 | ||
| Chiang Rai Chiang Rai Province Chiang Rai is the northernmost province of Thailand. Neighbouring provinces are Phayao, Lampang and Chiang Mai. In the north it borders Shan State of Myanmar and Bokeo of Laos.-Geography:... |
11,678.4 | 1,225,710 | 1,228,578 | 105.41 |
| Chon Buri | 4,363.0 | 1,209,290 | 1,267,765 | 276.32 |
| Chumphon Chumphon Province Chumphon ) is one of the southern provinces of Thailand, at the shore of the Gulf of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Prachuap Khiri Khan, Surat Thani and Ranong... |
6,009.0 | 478,960 | 486,629 | 79.71 |
| Kalasin Kalasin Province Kalasin is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Sakon Nakhon, Mukdahan, Roi Et, Maha Sarakham, Khon Kaen and Udon Thani.-Geography:... |
6,946.7 | 975,270 | 978,999 | 140.39 |
| Kamphaeng Phet Kamphaeng Phet Province Kamphaeng Phet is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the north of the country. Neighboring provinces are Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Nakhon Sawan and Tak.- Etymology :... |
8,607.5 | 728,320 | 725,673 | 84.61 |
| Kanchanaburi Kanchanaburi Province - History :Archaeology found in Kanchanaburi dates back to the 4th century which proves of trade with surrounding countries even in that time. Very little is also historically known about the actual Khmer influence in Kanchanaburi but there is evidence of their occupation with Prasat Muang Singh –... |
19,483.2 | 834,440 | 849,361 | 42.91 |
| Khon Kaen Khon Kaen Province -History:The first city of the area was established in 1783 when Rajakruluang settled there with 330 people. King Rama I made Rajakruluang the first governor of the area when establishing tighter connections with the Isan area. The main city was moved six times until in 1879 it reached its modern... |
10,886.0 | 160.75 | ||
| Krabi Krabi Province Krabi is one of the southern provinces of Thailand, at the shore of the Andaman Sea. Neighbouring provinces are Phang Nga, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Trang. The Phuket province to the west is also neighbouring, but without any land boundary... |
4,708.5 | 403,360 | 419,671 | 85.51 |
| Lampang Lampang Province Lampang is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chiang Rai, Phayao, Phrae, Sukhothai, Tak, Lamphun and Chiang Mai. The old name of Lampang is Khelang Nakhon.-Geography:... |
12,534.0 | 773,790 | 767,691 | 61.78 |
| Lamphun Lamphun Province Lamphun is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chiang Mai, Lampang and Tak.-Geography:Lamphun is located in the river valley of the Ping River, surrounded by mountain chains.... |
4,505.9 | 405,560 | 405,803 | 90.08 |
| Loei Loei Province Loei is one of the most sparsely populated provinces of Thailand, located in the North-East. Neighboring provinces are Nong Khai, Udon Thani, Nongbua Lamphu, Khon Kaen, Phetchabun, Phitsanulok... |
11,424.6 | 613,300 | 618,812 | 53.66 |
| Lop Buri | 6,199.8 | 752,770 | 753,911 | 121.20 |
| Mae Hong Son Mae Hong Son Province Most of the areas of Mae Hong Son Province are complex mountain ranges and likely still pristine virgin forest. Of the approximately 6,976,650 rai of national forest reserves, 88.02% is thought to be pristine virgin forest... |
12,681.3 | 255,170 | 248,748 | |
| Maha Sarakham Maha Sarakham Province Maha Sarakham is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the northeastern region of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Kalasin, Roi Et, Surin, Buriram and Khon Kaen.... |
5,291.7 | 999,050 | 937,339 | 177.15 |
| Mukdahan Mukdahan Province Mukdahan is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Amnat Charoen, Yasothon, Roi Et, Kalasin, Sakon Nakhon and Nakhon Phanom. To the east it borders the Mekong River, across which lies Savannakhet Province of Laos.-Geography:The province is located in the... |
4,339.8 | 335,440 | 336,846 | 77.28 |
| Nakhon Nayok Nakhon Nayok Province Nakhon Nayok is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Saraburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Prachinburi, Chachoengsao and Pathum Thani.... |
2,122.0 | 250,000 | 250,894 | 117.88 |
| Nakhon Pathom Nakhon Pathom Province Nakhon Pathom ) is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Suphan Buri, Ayutthaya, Nonthaburi, Bangkok, Samut Sakhon, Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi... |
2,168.3 | 821,900 | 844,793 | 378.50 |
| Nakhon Phanom Nakhon Phanom Province Nakhon Phanom is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Mukdahan, Sakon Nakhon and Bueng Kan. To the north-east it borders Khammouan of Laos.-Geography:... |
5,512.7 | 695,350 | 698,086 | 126.12 |
| Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon Ratchasima Province Nakhon Ratchasima or , often shortened to Korat or Khorat , is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand... |
20,494.0 | 124.69 | ||
| Nakhon Sawan Nakhon Sawan Province Nakhon Sawan is one of the provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Kamphaeng Phet, Phichit, Phetchabun, Lop Buri, Sing Buri, Chai Nat, Uthai Thani and Tak.- Etymology :... |
9,597.7 | 1,076,010 | 1,074,117 | 112.07 |
| Nakhon Si Thammarat Nakhon Si Thammarat Province Nakhon Si Thammarat is one of the southern provinces of Thailand, at the eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand... |
9,942.5 | 151.81 | ||
| Nan Nan Province Nan is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Uttaradit, Phrae and Phayao. To the north and east it borders Sainyabuli of Laos.-Geography:... |
11,472.1 | 477,660 | 475,675 | 41.64 |
| Narathiwat Narathiwat Province Narathiwat is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Yala and Pattani. To the south it borders the Malaysian state of Kelantan. The southern railway line ends in this province that is one of the nation’s five provinces that borders Malaysia. The name of this... |
4,475.0 | 707,170 | 720,943 | 157.90 |
| Nong Bua Lam Phu | 3,859.0 | 496,690 | 499,600 | 128.71 |
| Nong Khai Nong Khai Province Nong Khai is the northernmost of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Bueng Kan, Sakon Nakhon, Udon Thani and Loei... |
7,332.3 | 899,580 | 905,006 | 122.61 |
| Nonthaburi Nonthaburi Province Nonthaburi is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, Bangkok and Nakhon Pathom.... |
622.3 | 996,072 | 1,055,199 | 1,600.63 |
| Pathum Thani | 1,525.9 | 861,330 | 932,870 | 561.50 |
| Pattani Pattani Province Pattani is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Narathiwat, Yala and Songkhla.-Geography:... |
1,940.4 | 635,730 | 643,136 | 327.85 |
| Phang Nga Phang Nga Province Phang Nga is one of the southern provinces of Thailand, on the shore to the Andaman Sea. Neighboring provinces are Ranong, Surat Thani and Krabi. To the south is the Phuket province, but without land boundary to Phang Nga.... |
4,170.0 | 245,390 | 250,843 | 58.82 |
| Phattalung | 3,424.5 | 503,320 | 505,391 | 146.91 |
| Phayao Phayao Province Phayao is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nan, Phrae, Lampang and Chiang Rai. In the north-east it borders Xaignabouli of Laos.- Geography :... |
6,335.1 | 486,210 | 487,139 | 76.79 |
| Phetchabun Phetchabun Province Phetchabun is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Loei, Khon Kaen, Chaiyaphum, Lopburi, Nakhon Sawan, Phichit and Phitsanulok.- Geography :... |
12,668.4 | 1,002,310 | 996,446 | 79.11 |
| Phetchaburi Phetchaburi Province Phetchaburi is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram and Prachuap Khiri Khan... |
6,225.1 | 456,680 | 459,207 | 73.28 |
| Phichit | 4,531.0 | 557,830 | 553,877 | 123.15 |
| Phitsanulok Phitsanulok Province Phitsanulok is a provinces of Thailand, located in the north. Neighboring provinces are Loei, Phetchabun, Phichit, Kamphaeng Phet, Sukhothai, Uttaradit. In the north-east it also has a short border with Xaignabouli of Laos.... |
10,815.8 | 844,500 | 843,841 | 78.09 |
| Phrae Phrae Province Phrae is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phayao, Nan, Uttaradit, Sukhothai and Lampang.-Geography:Phrae is located in the valley of the river Yom.-History:... |
6,538.6 | 468,370 | 463,243 | 71.69 |
| Phuket Phuket Province Phuket , formerly known as Thalang and, in Western sources, Junk Ceylon , is one of the southern provinces of Thailand... |
543.0 | 300,730 | 327,908 | 552.06 |
| Prachin Buri | 4,762.4 | 453,819 | 459,762 | 95.18 |
| Prachuap Khiri Khan Prachuap Khiri Khan Province Prachuap Khiri Khan is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phetchaburi in the north and Chumphon in the south. To the west it borders Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar.... |
6,367.6 | 494,410 | 507,986 | 77.57 |
| Ranong Ranong Province Ranong is one of the southern provinces of Thailand, on the coast of the Andaman Sea. It is the province with the fewest citizens. Neighboring provinces are Chumphon, Surat Thani and Phang Nga... |
3,298.0 | 55.06 | ||
| Ratchaburi Ratchaburi Province Ratchaburi is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Pathom,Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram and Phetchaburi... |
5,196.5 | 828,930 | 837,526 | 159.49 |
| Rayong Rayong Province Rayong province is a province of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chon Buri and Chanthaburi. To the south is the Gulf of Thailand.-History:... |
3,552.0 | 573,780 | 600,279 | 161.11 |
| Roi Et Roi Et Province Roi Et is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand. Neighboring Provinces are Kalasin, Mukdahan, Yasothon, Sisaket, Surin and Maha Sarakham.... |
8,299.4 | 1,310,040 | 1,306,967 | 157.84 |
| Sa Kaeo Sa Kaeo Province Sa Kaeo is a province of Thailand.It is located in the east of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chanthaburi, Chachoengsao, Prachin Buri, Nakhon Ratchasima and Buri Ram... |
7,195.1 | 538,340 | 542,282 | 74.84 |
| Sakon Nakhon Sakon Nakhon Province Sakon Nakhon is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Kalasin and Udon Thani... |
9,605.8 | 1,109,040 | 1,115,539 | 115.41 |
| Samut Prakan Samut Prakan Province Samut Prakan is one of the central provinces of Thailand. It is part of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. Neighboring provinces are Bangkok, to the north and west, and Chachoengsao to the east.... |
1,004.1 | 1,104,760 | 1,149,131 | 1,099.82 |
| Samut Sakhon Samut Sakhon Province Samut Sakhon ) is one of the central provinces of Thailand.Neighboring provinces are Samut Songkhram, Ratchaburi, Nakhon Pathom and Bangkok.- Etymology :... |
872.3 | 462,510 | 479,634 | 529.40 |
| Samut Songkhram Samut Songkhram Province Samut Songkhram ) is one of the central provinces of Thailand.Neighboring provinces are Phetchaburi, Ratchaburi and Samut Sakhon. Local people call Samut Songkhram Mae Klong. The province is the smallest of all Thai provinces areawise... |
416.7 | 194,990 | 194,143 | 468.31 |
| Saraburi Saraburi Province Saraburi is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Lopburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Nayok, Pathum Thani and Ayutthaya. Saraburi has been an important town since ancient times... |
3,576.5 | 609,850 | 609,111 | 170.17 |
| Satun Satun Province Satun is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Trang, Phatthalung and Songkhla... |
2,479.0 | 281,540 | 288,789 | 113.40 |
| Si Sa Ket | 8,840.0 | 163.63 | ||
| Sing Buri Sing Buri Province Sing Buri is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nakhon Sawan, Lop Buri, Ang Thong, Suphan Buri and Chai Nat.... |
822.5 | 216,910 | 215,524 | 263.90 |
| Songkhla Songkhla Province Songkhla is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Satun, Phatthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Pattani and Yala. To the south it borders Kedah and Perlis of Malaysia.... |
7,393.9 | 1,317,500 | 1,330,935 | 177.77 |
| Sukhothai Sukhothai Province Sukhothai is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phrae, Uttaradit, Phitsanulok, Kamphaeng Phet, Tak, and Lampang... |
6,596.1 | 608,820 | 603,655 | 92.32 |
| Suphanburi Suphanburi Province Suphan Buri is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Uthai Thani, Chai Nat, Sing Buri, Ang Thong, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Nakhon Pathom and Kanchanaburi.- Etymology :... |
5,358.0 | 843,900 | 844,311 | 157.50 |
| Surat Thani Surat Thani Province Surat Thani is the largest of the southern provinces of Thailand, on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand. Surat Thani means City of Good People, the title given to the city by King Vajiravudh .... |
12,891.5 | 951,174 | 984,782 | 74.41 |
| Surin Surin Province Surin is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Buriram, Maha Sarakham, Roi Et and Sisaket... |
8,124.1 | 1,375,560 | 1,375,998 | 169.32 |
| Tak Tak Province Tak is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Lamphun, Lampang, Sukhothai, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani and Kanchanaburi... |
16,406.6 | 527,670 | 540,219 | 32.41 |
| Trang Trang Province Trang is one of the southern provinces of Thailand, at the western shore of the Malay Peninsula to the Andaman Sea. Neighboring provinces are Krabi, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung and Satun.... |
4,917.5 | 607,450 | 615,420 | 123.45 |
| Trat Trat Province Trat is a province of Thailand. It is located in the east of Thailand, and has borders with Chanthaburi Province to the northwest, Cambodia to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the south.Trat is most famous for gemstone mining and trading.... |
2,819.0 | 219,940 | 224,136 | 78.21 |
| Ubon Ratchathani Ubon Ratchathani Province -History:The area was part of the Khmer Empire. Before the late eighteenth century, this area evidently was outside Siamese or Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom.... |
15,744.8 | 113.21 | ||
| Udon Thani Udon Thani Province Udon Thani is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nong Khai, Sakon Nakhon, Kalasin, Khon Kaen, Nong Bua Lamphu and Loei.- Geography :... |
11,730.3 | 130.15 | ||
| Uthai Thani Uthai Thani Province Uthai Thani is one of the provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Suphan Buri, Kanchanaburi and Tak.-Geography:... |
6,730.2 | 326,980 | 327,860 | 48.59 |
| Uttaradit Uttaradit Province Uttaradit is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phitsanulok, Sukhothai, Phrae and Nan... |
7,838.6 | 467,480 | 463,581 | 59.63 |
| Yala Yala Province Yala is the southernmost province of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Songkhla, Pattani and Narathiwat. Yala is the only land-locked province in the south of Thailand... |
4,521.1 | 468,520 | 476,019 | 103.51 |
| Yasothon Yasothon Province Yasothon is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand on the Chi River. Neighboring provinces are Mukdahan, Amnat Charoen, Ubon Ratchathani, Sisaket and Roi Et.-Geography:... |
4,161.7 | 540,880 | 539,265 | 129.95 |