New South Wales is 1.17× the size of Texas
New South Wales (state of Australia) covers about 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and Texas (state of the United States) about 685,000 km² (265,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 802,000km²New South Wales
- 685,000km²Texas
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- New South Wales
- Texas
What fits
- Texas is 85% of the size of New South Wales.
- New South Wales is larger by 117,000 km² (45,000 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Texas.
- Measured in Belgiums: New South Wales is about 26.1, Texas about 22.3.
How they differ
- New South Wales is larger, but Texas has the larger population: 29.1 million against 8.5 million, 3.41× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 43 in Texas against 11 in New South Wales: Texas is 3.99× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,900 km apart.
- Together New South Wales and Texas cover 1,487,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 5.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 117,000 km², is about the size of Benin (116,000 km²).
- At Texas's density, New South Wales would have 34.1 million people (it has 8.5 million). At New South Wales's density, Texas would have 7.3 million (it has 29.1 million).
- Texas's centre is 63.6° of latitude, about 7,080 km, farther north than New South Wales's.
- New South Wales is the 5th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 10% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Texas is the 2nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 7.2% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
- Texas lies about 64° of latitude (roughly 7,080 km) north of New South Wales, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in New South Wales would have about 93,850 m² and each person in Texas about 23,510 m².
- Laid side by side, New South Wales and Texas would cover 1,487,000 km², 95% of the size of Mongolia.
- Together they have 37.7 million people, about as many people as Poland.
Side by side
| New South Wales | Texas | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateAustralia | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 802,000 km²310,000 mi² | 685,000 km²265,000 mi² |
| Official area | 801,000 km²Wikidata | 696,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 8in Australia | 2nd of 51in the United States |
| Population | 8.5 millionWikidata, 2024 | 29.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 1st of 8in Australia | 2nd of 51in the United States |
| Density | 11 per km² | 43 per km² |
| Capital | Sydney | Austin |
| Latitude range | 38°S to 28°S | 26°N to 37°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 801,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 802,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 696,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 685,000 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