Pennsylvania is 1.75× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Pennsylvania (state of the United States) covers about 119,000 km² (46,100 mi²) and Tasmania (Australia) (state of Australia) about 68,100 km² (26,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

119,000km²Pennsylvania
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

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Pennsylvania
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 57% of the size of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is larger by 51,200 km² (19,800 mi²), which is 75% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Pennsylvania is about 3.89, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Pennsylvania also has the larger population: 13.0 million against 540,000, 24.1× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 109 in Pennsylvania against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Pennsylvania is 13.8× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 16,400 km apart.
Together Pennsylvania and Tasmania (Australia) cover 187,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 0.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 51,200 km², is about the size of Costa Rica (51,200 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Pennsylvania would have 946,000 people (it has 13.0 million). At Pennsylvania's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 7.4 million (it has 540,000).
Pennsylvania's centre is 82.8° of latitude, about 9,210 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Pennsylvania is the 33rd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 10th 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.
Pennsylvania lies about 83° of latitude (roughly 9,210 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Pennsylvania would have about 9,180 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Pennsylvania and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 187,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
Together they have 13.5 million people, about as many people as Burundi.

Side by side

	Pennsylvania	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	StateUnited States	StateAustralia
Area, measured	119,000 km²46,100 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	119,000 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	33rd of 51in the United States	7th of 8in Australia
Population	13.0 millionWikidata, 2020	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	5th of 51in the United States	6th of 8in Australia
Density	109 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Harrisburg	Hobart
Latitude range	40°N to 43°N	44°S to 40°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 119,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 119,000 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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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

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