Baja California Sur is 1.06× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Baja California Sur (state of Mexico) covers about 72,100 km² (27,800 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.

72,100km²Baja California Sur
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

100 km

Baja California Sur
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 94% of the size of Baja California Sur.
Baja California Sur is larger by 4,010 km² (1,550 mi²), which is 5.9% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Baja California Sur is about 2.35, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Baja California Sur also has the larger population: 637,000 against 540,000, 1.18× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 8.8 in Baja California Sur against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Baja California Sur is 1.11× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 12,800 km apart.
On a standard web map Tasmania (Australia) looks larger than Baja California Sur: Baja California Sur at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 1.38× the size of Baja California Sur, when Baja California Sur is 1.06× the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Together Baja California Sur and Tasmania (Australia) cover 140,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 1.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,010 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Baja California Sur would have 571,000 people (it has 637,000). At Baja California Sur's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 602,000 (it has 540,000).
Baja California Sur's centre is 67.8° of latitude, about 7,540 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Baja California Sur is the 11th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 32nd 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.
Baja California Sur lies about 68° of latitude (roughly 7,540 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Baja California Sur would have about 113,220 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Baja California Sur and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 140,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
Together they have 1.2 million people, about as many people as Djibouti.

Side by side

	Baja California Sur	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	StateMexico	StateAustralia
Area, measured	72,100 km²27,800 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	73,900 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	11th of 32in Mexico	7th of 8in Australia
Population	637,000Wikidata, 2010	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	32nd of 32in Mexico	6th of 8in Australia
Density	8.8 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	La Paz	Hobart
Latitude range	23°N to 28°N	44°S to 40°S

Population: Wikidata 2010 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 72,100 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 73,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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
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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