New South Wales is 1.03× the size of Turkey
New South Wales (state of Australia) covers about 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and Turkey (Asia) about 780,000 km² (301,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 802,000km²New South Wales
- 780,000km²Turkey
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- New South Wales
- Turkey
What fits
- Turkey is 97% of the size of New South Wales.
- New South Wales is larger by 21,900 km² (8,440 mi²), which is 2.8% of the area of Turkey.
- Measured in Belgiums: New South Wales is about 26.1, Turkey about 25.4.
How they differ
- New South Wales is larger, but Turkey has the larger population: 85.4 million against 8.5 million, 9.99× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 109 in Turkey against 11 in New South Wales: Turkey is 10.3× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,000 km apart.
- On a standard web map Turkey looks larger than New South Wales: New South Wales at 32°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Turkey at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Turkey as 1.16× the size of New South Wales, when New South Wales is 1.03× the size of Turkey.
- Together New South Wales and Turkey cover 1,582,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 21,900 km², is about the size of Djibouti (21,800 km²).
- At Turkey's density, New South Wales would have 87.8 million people (it has 8.5 million). At New South Wales's density, Turkey would have 8.3 million (it has 85.4 million).
- Turkey's centre is 71.3° of latitude, about 7,930 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.
- Turkey ranks 38th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Turkey lies about 71° of latitude (roughly 7,930 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 Turkey about 9,140 m².
- Laid side by side, New South Wales and Turkey would cover 1,582,000 km², about the same size as Mongolia.
- Together they have 93.9 million people, about as many people as Iran.
- Counted as a country, New South Wales would rank 36th by area and 100th by population.
Side by side
| New South Wales | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateAustralia | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 802,000 km²310,000 mi² | 780,000 km²301,000 mi² |
| Official area | 801,000 km²Wikidata | 784,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 8in Australia | 37th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 8.5 millionWikidata, 2024 | 85.4 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Rank by population | 1st of 8in Australia | 18th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 11 per km² | 109 per km² |
| Capital | Sydney | Ankara |
| Latitude range | 38°S to 28°S | 36°N to 42°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2023. 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 784,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 780,000 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