Bangkok
Bangkok is a capital city in Thailand with a population of about 5,104,476.
ThailandMajor city🏆 #1 most populated in Thailand🕐 Asia/Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 11.4 million people as of 2024, 15.9% of the country's population. Over 17.4 million people live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region as of the 2021 estimate, making Bangkok a megacity and an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy.
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About Bangkok
| Country | Thailand |
| Continent | Asia |
| Explore | 40 |
| Population | 5,104,476 |
| Local currency | THB |
| Coordinates | 13.7540, 100.5014 |
| Time zone | Asia/Bangkok |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Major city |
| Population (Thailand) | #1 most populated in Thailand |
| Where on Earth | 13°45′14″N · 100°30′5″E |
| Hemisphere | N · E |
| Distance to the equator | 1,531 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 8,488 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 100% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Qui Nhon (Vietnam) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -13.75, -79.50 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Singapore | 1,427 km |
| Beijing | 3,296 km |
| Tokyo | 4,599 km |
| Dubai | 4,885 km |
| Moscow | 7,065 km |
| Cairo | 7,269 km |