French Guiana is 1.22× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

French Guiana (overseas region of France) covers about 83,200 km² (32,100 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.

83,200km²French Guiana
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

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French Guiana
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 82% of the size of French Guiana.
French Guiana is larger by 15,100 km² (5,820 mi²), which is 22% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: French Guiana is about 2.71, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

French Guiana is larger, but Tasmania (Australia) has the larger population: 540,000 against 288,000, 1.87× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia) against 3.5 in French Guiana: Tasmania (Australia) is 2.29× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 15,400 km apart.
On a standard web map Tasmania (Australia) looks larger than French Guiana: French Guiana at 4°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 1.47× the size of French Guiana, when French Guiana is 1.22× the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Together French Guiana and Tasmania (Australia) cover 151,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 2.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 15,100 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, French Guiana would have 659,000 people (it has 288,000). At French Guiana's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 236,000 (it has 540,000).
French Guiana's centre is 45.9° of latitude, about 5,100 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
French Guiana is the 2nd largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 18th 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.
French Guiana lies about 46° of latitude (roughly 5,100 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in French Guiana would have about 288,450 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, French Guiana and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 151,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
Together they have 828,000 people, 1.05× as many people as Bhutan.

Side by side

	French Guiana	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	Overseas regionFrance	StateAustralia
Area, measured	83,200 km²32,100 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	83,500 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	2nd of 18in France	7th of 8in Australia
Population	288,000Wikidata, 2022	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	18th of 18in France	6th of 8in Australia
Density	3.5 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Cayenne	Hobart
Latitude range	2°N to 6°N	44°S to 40°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 83,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 83,200 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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