Goa is 1.46× the size of Australian Capital Territory

Goa (state of India) covers about 3,420 km² (1,320 mi²) and Australian Capital Territory (territory of Australia) about 2,350 km² (907 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

3,420km²Goa
2,350km²Australian Capital Territory

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Goa
Australian Capital Territory

What fits

Australian Capital Territory is 69% of the size of Goa.
Goa is larger by 1,070 km² (414 mi²), which is 46% of the area of Australian Capital Territory.
Measured in Belgiums: Goa is about 0.11, Australian Capital Territory about 0.08.

How they differ

Goa also has the larger population: 1.5 million against 482,000, 3.03× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 426 in Goa against 205 in Australian Capital Territory: Goa is 2.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,690 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Goa at 15°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Australian Capital Territory at 35°S about 1.5×, so the map shows Goa as 1.04× the size of Australian Capital Territory instead of 1.46×.
Together Goa and Australian Capital Territory cover 5,770 km², close to the size of Brunei (5,720 km², 0.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,070 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Australian Capital Territory's density, Goa would have 701,000 people (it has 1.5 million). At Goa's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 1.0 million (it has 482,000).
Goa's centre is 50.8° of latitude, about 5,650 km, farther north than Australian Capital Territory's.
Goa is the 31st largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Australian Capital Territory is the 8th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Goa lies about 51° of latitude (roughly 5,650 km) north of Australian Capital Territory, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Goa would have about 2,350 m² and each person in Australian Capital Territory about 4,880 m².
Laid side by side, Goa and Australian Capital Territory would cover 5,770 km², about the same size as Brunei.
Together they have 1.9 million people, 97% as many people as Lesotho.
Australian Capital Territory is drawn from 52 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

	Goa	Australian Capital Territory
Is a	StateIndia	TerritoryAustralia
Area, measured	3,420 km²1,320 mi²	2,350 km²907 mi²
Official area	3,700 km²Wikidata	2,360 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	31st of 36in India	8th of 8in Australia
Population	1.5 millionWikidata, 2011	482,000Wikidata, 2024
Rank by population	27th of 36in India	7th of 8in Australia
Density	426 per km²	205 per km²
Capital	Panaji	Canberra
Latitude range	15°N to 16°N	36°S to 35°S

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 3,420 km² is 7.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 2,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,350 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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