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title: "Canada vs Thailand — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Thailand is 513,120 km² with 71,619,863. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-thailand/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Thailand

**Canada vs Thailand: Canada is larger; Thailand has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 513,120 km² · 41,651,653 vs 71,619,863

Canada is 19 times larger than Thailand — 9,984,670 against 513,120 km². Thailand is 1.7 times more populous than Canada — 71,619,863 against 41,651,653 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Thailand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Bangkok |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 513,120 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 71,619,863 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 139.6 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Thai baht (THB) |
| Official languages | English, French | Thai |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC+07:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +66 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | North America | Asia |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | TH / THA |

## Population density

Thailand is 33 times more densely populated than Canada — 140 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- They drive on opposite sides — Canada on the right, Thailand on the left.
- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Thai baht.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Asia.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Thailand

Roughly 3,200 km of coastline on two separate seas, the Andaman and the Gulf of Thailand, joined only by the narrow Kra Isthmus. The country's full ceremonial name for Bangkok, Krung Thep Mahanakhon and the rest, is the longest place name in the world at 168 letters in transliteration.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Thailand?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 513,120 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Thailand?

Thailand, with 71,619,863 against 41,651,653.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Thailand?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Thailand is UTC+07:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Thailand](https://atoneplace.net/country/thailand/)
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- [China vs Thailand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-thailand/)
- [Japan vs Thailand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-thailand/)
- [Canada vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-states/)
- [Canada vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-india/)
- [Canada vs China](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-china/)
- [Canada vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Canada vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-japan/)
- [Canada vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-new-zealand/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]