Colorado is 1.18× the size of Victoria
Colorado (state of the United States) covers about 269,000 km² (104,000 mi²) and Victoria (state of Australia) about 228,000 km² (88,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 269,000km²Colorado
- 228,000km²Victoria
200 km
- Colorado
- Victoria
What fits
- Victoria is 85% of the size of Colorado.
- Colorado is larger by 41,300 km² (15,900 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Victoria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Colorado is about 8.78, Victoria about 7.43.
How they differ
- Colorado is larger, but Victoria has the larger population: 7.0 million against 5.8 million, 1.21× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 31 in Victoria against 21 in Colorado: Victoria is 1.43× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,000 km apart.
- Together Colorado and Victoria cover 497,000 km², close to the size of Spain (499,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 41,300 km², is about the size of Switzerland (41,400 km²).
- At Victoria's density, Colorado would have 8.3 million people (it has 5.8 million). At Colorado's density, Victoria would have 4.9 million (it has 7.0 million).
- Colorado's centre is 75.9° of latitude, about 8,440 km, farther north than Victoria's.
- Colorado is the 8th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.8% of its area; it is the 38th most densely populated of them.
- Victoria is the 6th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Colorado lies about 76° of latitude (roughly 8,440 km) north of Victoria, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Colorado would have about 46,630 m² and each person in Victoria about 32,510 m².
- Laid side by side, Colorado and Victoria would cover 497,000 km², about the same size as Spain.
- Together they have 12.8 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
Side by side
| Colorado | Victoria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateAustralia |
| Area, measured | 269,000 km²104,000 mi² | 228,000 km²88,000 mi² |
| Official area | 270,000 km²Wikidata | 227,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 51in the United States | 6th of 8in Australia |
| Population | 5.8 millionWikidata, 2020 | 7.0 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 21st of 51in the United States | 2nd of 8in Australia |
| Density | 21 per km² | 31 per km² |
| Capital | Denver | Melbourne |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 41°N | 39°S to 34°S |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 270,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 227,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 228,000 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