Mississippi is 1.82× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

• Tasmania (Australia) is 55% of the size of Mississippi.
• Mississippi is larger by 55,700 km² (21,500 mi²), which is 82% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
• Measured in Belgiums: Mississippi is about 4.04, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

• Mississippi also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 540,000, 5.49× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 24 in Mississippi against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Mississippi is 3.02× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 15,000 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mississippi at 33°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Mississippi as 1.42× the size of Tasmania (Australia) instead of 1.82×.
• Together Mississippi and Tasmania (Australia) cover 192,000 km², close to the size of Senegal (196,000 km², 2.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 55,700 km², is about the size of Croatia (55,000 km²).
• At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Mississippi would have 981,000 people (it has 3.0 million). At Mississippi's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 1.6 million (it has 540,000).
• Mississippi's centre is 74.7° of latitude, about 8,300 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
• Mississippi is the 31st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 34th 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.
• Mississippi lies about 75° of latitude (roughly 8,300 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mississippi would have about 41,810 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
• Laid side by side, Mississippi and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 192,000 km², about the same size as Senegal.
• Together they have 3.5 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 125,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 124,000 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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