Durango is 1.78× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Durango (state of Mexico) covers about 121,000 km² (46,700 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.

121,000km²Durango
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

100 km

Durango
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 56% of the size of Durango.
Durango is larger by 52,900 km² (20,400 mi²), which is 78% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Durango is about 3.95, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Durango also has the larger population: 1.8 million against 540,000, 3.25× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 14 in Durango against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Durango is 1.83× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Durango at 25°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Durango as 1.20× the size of Tasmania (Australia) instead of 1.78×.
Together Durango and Tasmania (Australia) cover 189,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 1.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 52,900 km², is about the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Durango would have 959,000 people (it has 1.8 million). At Durango's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 988,000 (it has 540,000).
Durango's centre is 66.9° of latitude, about 7,430 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Durango is the 4th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 6.2% of its area; it is the 30th 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.
Durango lies about 67° of latitude (roughly 7,430 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Durango would have about 68,970 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Durango and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 189,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
Together they have 2.3 million people, 95% as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

	Durango	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	StateMexico	StateAustralia
Area, measured	121,000 km²46,700 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	123,000 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	4th of 32in Mexico	7th of 8in Australia
Population	1.8 millionWikidata, 2015	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	25th of 32in Mexico	6th of 8in Australia
Density	14 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Victoria de Durango	Hobart
Latitude range	22°N to 27°N	44°S to 40°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 123,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 121,000 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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