Bihar is 1.39× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Bihar (state of India) covers about 94,700 km² (36,600 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.

94,700km²Bihar
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

100 km

Bihar
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 72% of the size of Bihar.
Bihar is larger by 26,600 km² (10,300 mi²), which is 39% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Bihar is about 3.09, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Bihar also has the larger population: 103.8 million against 540,000, 192× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,096 in Bihar against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Bihar is 138× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,780 km apart.
On a standard web map Tasmania (Australia) looks larger than Bihar: Bihar 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 1.06× the size of Bihar, when Bihar is 1.39× the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Together Bihar and Tasmania (Australia) cover 163,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 2.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 26,600 km², is about the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Bihar would have 750,000 people (it has 103.8 million). At Bihar's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 74.7 million (it has 540,000).
Bihar's centre is 67.6° of latitude, about 7,520 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Bihar is the 12th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 5th 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.
Bihar lies about 68° of latitude (roughly 7,520 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Bihar would have about 910 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Bihar and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 163,000 km², 1.04× the size of Tunisia.
Together they have 104.3 million people, about as many people as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Side by side

	Bihar	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	StateIndia	StateAustralia
Area, measured	94,700 km²36,600 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	94,200 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 36in India	7th of 8in Australia
Population	103.8 millionWikidata, 2011	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	3rd of 36in India	6th of 8in Australia
Density	1,096 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Patna	Hobart
Latitude range	24°N to 28°N	44°S to 40°S

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,700 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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