Jiangsu is 1.47× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Jiangsu (province of China) covers about 100,000 km² (38,600 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.

100,000km²Jiangsu
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

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Jiangsu
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 68% of the size of Jiangsu.
Jiangsu is larger by 32,000 km² (12,300 mi²), which is 47% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Jiangsu is about 3.26, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Jiangsu also has the larger population: 84.7 million against 540,000, 157× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 847 in Jiangsu against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Jiangsu is 107× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,780 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Jiangsu at 33°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Jiangsu as 1.16× the size of Tasmania (Australia) instead of 1.47×.
Together Jiangsu and Tasmania (Australia) cover 168,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 32,000 km², is about the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Jiangsu would have 793,000 people (it has 84.7 million). At Jiangsu's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 57.7 million (it has 540,000).
Jiangsu's centre is 74.9° of latitude, about 8,330 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Jiangsu is the 25th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 4th 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.
Jiangsu lies about 75° of latitude (roughly 8,330 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Jiangsu would have about 1,180 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Jiangsu and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 168,000 km², 95% of the size of Uruguay.
Together they have 85.3 million people, about as many people as Turkey.

Side by side

	Jiangsu	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	ProvinceChina	StateAustralia
Area, measured	100,000 km²38,600 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	98,300 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	25th of 31in China	7th of 8in Australia
Population	84.7 millionWikidata, 2020	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	4th of 31in China	6th of 8in Australia
Density	847 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Nanjing	Hobart
Latitude range	31°N to 35°N	44°S to 40°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 98,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 100,000 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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