Bavaria is 1.03× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Bavaria (state of Germany) covers about 70,000 km² (27,000 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.

70,000km²Bavaria
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

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Bavaria
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 97% of the size of Bavaria.
Bavaria is larger by 1,910 km² (737 mi²), which is 2.8% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Bavaria is about 2.28, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Bavaria also has the larger population: 13.0 million against 540,000, 24.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Bavaria is 23.5× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 16,500 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Bavaria at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Bavaria as 1.32× the size of Tasmania (Australia) instead of 1.03×.
Together Bavaria and Tasmania (Australia) cover 138,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,910 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Bavaria would have 555,000 people (it has 13.0 million). At Bavaria's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 12.7 million (it has 540,000).
Bavaria's centre is 90.9° of latitude, about 10,100 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th 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.
Bavaria lies about 91° of latitude (roughly 10,100 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Bavaria would have about 5,370 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Bavaria and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 138,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
Together they have 13.6 million people, about as many people as Burundi.

Side by side

	Bavaria	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	StateGermany	StateAustralia
Area, measured	70,000 km²27,000 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	70,600 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 16in Germany	7th of 8in Australia
Population	13.0 millionWikidata, 2022	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	2nd of 16in Germany	6th of 8in Australia
Density	186 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Munich	Hobart
Latitude range	47°N to 51°N	44°S to 40°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 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
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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