Kazakhstan is 1.07× the size of Western Australia

Kazakhstan (Asia) covers about 2,714,000 km² (1,048,000 mi²) and Western Australia (state of Australia) about 2,528,000 km² (976,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

2,714,000km²Kazakhstan
2,528,000km²Western Australia

500 km

Kazakhstan
Western Australia

What fits

Western Australia is 93% of the size of Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan is larger by 186,000 km² (71,900 mi²), which is 7.4% of the area of Western Australia.
Measured in Belgiums: Kazakhstan is about 88.5, Western Australia about 82.4.

How they differ

Kazakhstan also has the larger population: 20.1 million against 3.0 million, 6.69× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 7.4 in Kazakhstan against 1.2 in Western Australia: Kazakhstan is 6.23× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,850 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kazakhstan at 48°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Western Australia at 25°S about 1.2×, so the map shows Kazakhstan as 1.99× the size of Western Australia instead of 1.07×.
Together Kazakhstan and Western Australia cover 5,242,000 km², close to the size of Australia (7,691,000 km², 47% bigger).
The gap between them, 186,000 km², is about the size of Syria (186,000 km²).
At Western Australia's density, Kazakhstan would have 3.2 million people (it has 20.1 million). At Kazakhstan's density, Western Australia would have 18.8 million (it has 3.0 million).
Kazakhstan's centre is 73.7° of latitude, about 8,190 km, farther north than Western Australia's.
Kazakhstan ranks 10th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Western Australia is the largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 33% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Kazakhstan lies about 74° of latitude (roughly 8,190 km) north of Western Australia, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Kazakhstan would have about 134,770 m² and each person in Western Australia about 840,280 m².
Laid side by side, Kazakhstan and Western Australia would cover 5,242,000 km², 68% of the size of Australia.
Together they have 23.1 million people, about as many people as Burkina Faso.
Counted as a country, Western Australia would rank 10th by area and 137th by population.

Side by side

	Kazakhstan	Western Australia
Is a	CountryAsia	StateAustralia
Area, measured	2,714,000 km²1,048,000 mi²	2,528,000 km²976,000 mi²
Official area	2,725,000 km²Wikidata	2,527,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	9th of 239worldwide	1st of 8in Australia
Population	20.1 millionWikidata, 2024	3.0 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	62nd of 237worldwide	4th of 8in Australia
Density	7.4 per km²	1.2 per km²
Capital	Astana	Perth
Latitude range	41°N to 55°N	35°S to 14°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 2,725,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,714,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 2,527,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,528,000 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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