Place comparison

Phuket compared with Singapore: area, population and density

Phuket Province is about 73% of Singapore’s land, and Singapore has about 14 times its population, so Singapore is about 10 times as dense.

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Direct answer

How different are Phuket Province and Singapore?

Phuket Province covers 543 km² (209.7 sq mi); Phuket Province's area is about 73% of Singapore's. Its reported population is 429,583; Phuket Province's population is about 7% of Singapore's. By average density, Phuket Province's population density is about 9.6% of Singapore's.

Area difference

Phuket Province's area is about 73% of Singapore's 543 km² (209.7 sq mi) · 744.3 km² (287.4 sq mi)

Population difference

Phuket Province's population is about 7% of Singapore's 429,583 · 6,111,175

Density difference

Phuket Province's population density is about 9.6% of Singapore's 791.1 /km² (2,049 /sq mi) · 8,210.6 /km² (21,265 /sq mi)

Full data and sources for each place: Phuket Province area & population, Singapore area & population

Straight-line distance between geometric centres: about 955 km; time difference: 1 hour.

On a familiar scale

Phuket Province ≈ 70% of New York City 1,264 m² of land per resident
Singapore ≈ the size of New York City 122 m² of land per resident

Reference scales come from U.S. Census Bureau: 2025 Gazetteer Files: land area of states and counties , as of 2025-01-01.

How to read it

Nearly three-quarters of Singapore’s land, one-fourteenth of its people.

Geography and shape

Phuket is Thailand’s largest island, in the Andaman Sea; the province adds smaller surrounding islands. Singapore is a city-state on one main island and some sixty smaller islands at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula.

Population context

Phuket Province has 429,583 registered residents on 543 km², about 791 per km². Singapore has 6,111,175 on 744 km², about 8,211 per km². Singapore has about 14 times Phuket’s population on about 1.4 times its land.

Boundaries and definitions

Phuket uses the province’s registered population at year-end 2024 and its land, island plus surrounding islets; registered residents leave out many migrant workers and long-stay foreigners. Singapore uses its total land area at 31 December 2025, which grows with reclamation, and its total population at end-June 2025, including about 1.91 million non-residents.

Phuket Province: Area and registered population both cover Phuket Province, not only Phuket Island. The province includes the main island and smaller surrounding islands; the provincial outline is used so the displayed density remains internally aligned.

Singapore: Total land area surveyed by the Singapore Land Authority as at 31 December 2025, covering the main island and its offshore islands. The figure rises with reclamation and is restated annually — it was 735.7 km² a year earlier. Population is the Department of Statistics total population at end-June 2025: citizens 3,660,683, permanent residents 543,832 and about 1.91 million non-residents, counted by place of usual residence, so tourists and short-term visitors are excluded. The two dates are six months apart, and the outline traces the main island, Pulau Ujong, which is about 88% of the official area — Pulau Tekong, Jurong Island, Pulau Ubin, Sentosa and some sixty smaller islands are counted in the figure but not drawn.

In-depth guide

How should Phuket Province and Singapore be understood in context?

Phuket is one of the island holidays Singaporeans and other Asian travellers measure against home. It is smaller than Singapore — about three-quarters of its land — and far emptier, with about one-fourteenth of its people.

Three-quarters of the land, a fourteenth of the people

Phuket Province’s 543 km² is about 73% of Singapore’s 744 km². Its 429,583 registered residents are about 7% of Singapore’s 6.11 million, which puts Phuket at about 791 people per km² against Singapore’s 8,211.

Phuket’s registered count understates who is actually there: tourism draws workers from across Thailand and long-stay foreigners who are registered elsewhere.

Questions people ask

About this geographic comparison

Which is bigger, Phuket Province or Singapore?

Singapore is bigger, with a land area about 1.37× that of Phuket Province (Phuket Province 543 vs Singapore 744.3 km², or 209.7 sq mi vs 287.4 sq mi).

How big is Phuket Province compared to Singapore?

Singapore has 744.3 km² (287.4 sq mi) and Phuket Province has 543 km² (209.7 sq mi): the ratio is 1.37×. Conversely, Phuket Province has 73% of Singapore's area.

Does Phuket Province or Singapore have more people?

Singapore has 6,111,175 people (2025-06-30), versus 429,583 in Phuket Province (2024-12-31): 14.2×. In reverse, Phuket Province has 7% of Singapore's population. Phuket Province is 73% the size of Singapore — 543 km² vs 744.3 km² (209.7 sq mi vs 287.4 sq mi). Population is 7% as high; average density is 9.6% as high. Each side’s scope and reference date are set out under “Boundaries and definitions” on this page.

Is Phuket Province bigger than Singapore?

No. Singapore is bigger, with a land area about 1.37× that of Phuket Province (Phuket Province 543 vs Singapore 744.3 km², or 209.7 sq mi vs 287.4 sq mi). The area difference is 201.3 km². Singapore has 744.3 km² (287.4 sq mi) and Phuket Province has 543 km² (209.7 sq mi): the ratio is 1.37×. Conversely, Phuket Province has 73% of Singapore's area.

Is Phuket bigger than Singapore?

No. Phuket Province’s 543 km² is about 73% of Singapore’s 744 km². Singapore has about 1.4 times Phuket’s land.

How many people live in Phuket compared with Singapore?

Phuket Province has 429,583 registered residents; Singapore has 6,111,175, about 14 times as many. Phuket’s actual population is higher than the register because many workers and foreign residents are registered elsewhere.

Sources

Outline data:

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