Jalisco is 1.17× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Jalisco (state of Mexico) covers about 80,000 km² (30,900 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.

80,000km²Jalisco
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

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Jalisco
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 85% of the size of Jalisco.
Jalisco is larger by 11,900 km² (4,590 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Jalisco is about 2.61, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Jalisco also has the larger population: 7.8 million against 540,000, 14.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 98 in Jalisco against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Jalisco is 12.4× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,100 km apart.
On a standard web map Tasmania (Australia) looks larger than Jalisco: Jalisco at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 1.35× the size of Jalisco, when Jalisco is 1.17× the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Together Jalisco and Tasmania (Australia) cover 148,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 11,900 km², is about the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Jalisco would have 634,000 people (it has 7.8 million). At Jalisco's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 6.7 million (it has 540,000).
Jalisco's centre is 62.5° of latitude, about 6,950 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Jalisco is the 6th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 13th 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.
Jalisco lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 6,950 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Jalisco would have about 10,200 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Jalisco and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 148,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
Together they have 8.4 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	Jalisco	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	StateMexico	StateAustralia
Area, measured	80,000 km²30,900 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	78,600 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	6th of 32in Mexico	7th of 8in Australia
Population	7.8 millionWikidata, 2015	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	4th of 32in Mexico	6th of 8in Australia
Density	98 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Guadalajara	Hobart
Latitude range	19°N to 23°N	44°S to 40°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 78,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 80,000 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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