Ireland is 1.02× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Ireland (Europe) covers about 69,400 km² (26,800 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.

69,400km²Ireland
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

100 km

Ireland
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 98% of the size of Ireland.
Ireland is larger by 1,330 km² (514 mi²), which is 2.0% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Ireland is about 2.26, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Ireland also has the larger population: 5.1 million against 540,000, 9.54× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 74 in Ireland against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Ireland is 9.36× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 17,800 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Ireland at 53°N is drawn about 2.8× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Ireland as 1.57× the size of Tasmania (Australia) instead of 1.02×.
Together Ireland and Tasmania (Australia) cover 138,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,330 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Ireland would have 550,000 people (it has 5.1 million). At Ireland's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 5.1 million (it has 540,000).
Ireland's centre is 95.1° of latitude, about 10,570 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Ireland ranks 123rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
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.
Ireland lies about 95° of latitude (roughly 10,600 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Ireland would have about 13,490 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Ireland and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 138,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
Together they have 5.7 million people, about as many people as Finland.
Counted as a country, Tasmania (Australia) would rank 123rd by area and 173rd by population.

Side by side

	Ireland	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	CountryEurope	StateAustralia
Area, measured	69,400 km²26,800 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	69,800 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	122nd of 239worldwide	7th of 8in Australia
Population	5.1 millionWikidata, 2022	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	123rd of 237worldwide	6th of 8in Australia
Density	74 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Dublin	Hobart
Latitude range	51°N to 55°N	44°S to 40°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 69,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 69,400 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 for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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