Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.04× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region of France) covers about 70,900 km² (27,400 mi²) and Tasmania (Australia) (state of Australia) about 68,100 km² (26,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

70,900km²Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

100 km

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 96% of the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is larger by 2,810 km² (1,080 mi²), which is 4.1% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is about 2.31, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes also has the larger population: 8.2 million against 540,000, 15.1× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 115 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 14.5× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 17,000 km apart.
Together Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Tasmania (Australia) cover 139,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 1.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,810 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have 562,000 people (it has 8.2 million). At Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 7.8 million (it has 540,000).
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's centre is 87.4° of latitude, about 9,720 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the 4th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 11% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Tasmania (Australia) is the 7th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes lies about 87° of latitude (roughly 9,720 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have about 8,690 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 139,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
Together they have 8.7 million people, about as many people as Papua New Guinea.

Side by side

	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	RegionFrance	StateAustralia
Area, measured	70,900 km²27,400 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	69,700 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	4th of 18in France	7th of 8in Australia
Population	8.2 millionWikidata, 2022	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	2nd of 18in France	6th of 8in Australia
Density	115 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Lyon	Hobart
Latitude range	44°N to 47°N	44°S to 40°S

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 69,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,900 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 68,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 68,100 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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