Maharashtra is 1.34× the size of Victoria
Maharashtra (state of India) covers about 307,000 km² (118,000 mi²) and Victoria (state of Australia) about 228,000 km² (88,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 307,000km²Maharashtra
- 228,000km²Victoria
200 km
- Maharashtra
- Victoria
What fits
- Victoria is 74% of the size of Maharashtra.
- Maharashtra is larger by 78,600 km² (30,400 mi²), which is 34% of the area of Victoria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Maharashtra is about 10.00, Victoria about 7.43.
How they differ
- Maharashtra also has the larger population: 112.4 million against 7.0 million, 16.0× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 367 in Maharashtra against 31 in Victoria: Maharashtra is 11.9× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,490 km apart.
- On a standard web map Victoria looks larger than Maharashtra: Maharashtra at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Victoria at 37°S about 1.6×, so the map shows Victoria as 1.03× the size of Maharashtra, when Maharashtra is 1.34× the size of Victoria.
- Together Maharashtra and Victoria cover 535,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 2.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 78,600 km², is about the size of Czechia (78,800 km²).
- At Victoria's density, Maharashtra would have 9.4 million people (it has 112.4 million). At Maharashtra's density, Victoria would have 83.6 million (it has 7.0 million).
- Maharashtra's centre is 56.3° of latitude, about 6,260 km, farther north than Victoria's.
- Maharashtra is the 3rd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 9.7% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
- Victoria is the 6th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Maharashtra lies about 56° of latitude (roughly 6,260 km) north of Victoria, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Maharashtra would have about 2,730 m² and each person in Victoria about 32,510 m².
- Laid side by side, Maharashtra and Victoria would cover 535,000 km², about the same size as France.
- Together they have 119.4 million people, 96% as many people as Japan.
Side by side
| Maharashtra | Victoria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | StateAustralia |
| Area, measured | 307,000 km²118,000 mi² | 228,000 km²88,000 mi² |
| Official area | 308,000 km²Wikidata | 227,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 36in India | 6th of 8in Australia |
| Population | 112.4 millionWikidata, 2011 | 7.0 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 36in India | 2nd of 8in Australia |
| Density | 367 per km² | 31 per km² |
| Capital | Mumbai; Nagpur | Melbourne |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 22°N | 39°S to 34°S |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 308,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 307,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 227,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 228,000 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