Chiapas is 1.08× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Chiapas (state of Mexico) covers about 73,400 km² (28,300 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.

73,400km²Chiapas
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

100 km

Chiapas
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 93% of the size of Chiapas.
Chiapas is larger by 5,270 km² (2,030 mi²), which is 7.7% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Chiapas is about 2.39, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Chiapas also has the larger population: 5.2 million against 540,000, 9.67× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 71 in Chiapas against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Chiapas is 8.98× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,800 km apart.
On a standard web map Tasmania (Australia) looks larger than Chiapas: Chiapas at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 1.54× the size of Chiapas, when Chiapas is 1.08× the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Together Chiapas and Tasmania (Australia) cover 141,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,270 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Chiapas would have 581,000 people (it has 5.2 million). At Chiapas's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 4.8 million (it has 540,000).
Chiapas's centre is 58.4° of latitude, about 6,500 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Chiapas is the 9th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 16th 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.
Chiapas lies about 58° of latitude (roughly 6,500 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Chiapas would have about 14,060 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Chiapas and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 141,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
Together they have 5.8 million people, about as many people as Denmark.

Side by side

	Chiapas	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	StateMexico	StateAustralia
Area, measured	73,400 km²28,300 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	73,300 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	9th of 32in Mexico	7th of 8in Australia
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2015	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	7th of 32in Mexico	6th of 8in Australia
Density	71 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Hobart
Latitude range	15°N to 18°N	44°S to 40°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 73,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,400 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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