Baja California is 1.07× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Baja California (state of Mexico) covers about 72,900 km² (28,100 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.

72,900km²Baja California
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

100 km

Baja California
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 93% of the size of Baja California.
Baja California is larger by 4,790 km² (1,850 mi²), which is 7.0% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Baja California is about 2.38, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Baja California also has the larger population: 3.3 million against 540,000, 6.14× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 45 in Baja California against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Baja California is 5.74× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 12,900 km apart.
On a standard web map Tasmania (Australia) looks larger than Baja California: Baja California at 31°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 1.25× the size of Baja California, when Baja California is 1.07× the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Together Baja California and Tasmania (Australia) cover 141,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,790 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Baja California would have 578,000 people (it has 3.3 million). At Baja California's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 3.1 million (it has 540,000).
Baja California's centre is 72.5° of latitude, about 8,060 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Baja California is the 10th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 20th 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 lies about 72° of latitude (roughly 8,060 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Baja California would have about 21,990 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Baja California and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 141,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
Together they have 3.9 million people, about as many people as Croatia.

Side by side

	Baja California	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	StateMexico	StateAustralia
Area, measured	72,900 km²28,100 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	71,500 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 32in Mexico	7th of 8in Australia
Population	3.3 millionWikidata, 2015	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	14th of 32in Mexico	6th of 8in Australia
Density	45 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Mexicali	Hobart
Latitude range	28°N to 33°N	44°S to 40°S

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 72,900 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 71,500 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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