South Australia is 1.05× the size of Tanzania

What fits

• Tanzania is 96% of the size of South Australia.
• South Australia is larger by 42,400 km² (16,400 mi²), which is 4.5% of the area of Tanzania.
• Measured in Belgiums: South Australia is about 32.1, Tanzania about 30.7.

How they differ

• South Australia is larger, but Tanzania has the larger population: 57.3 million against 1.9 million, 30.3× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 61 in Tanzania against 1.9 in South Australia: Tanzania is 31.7× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,700 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Australia at 30°S is drawn about 1.3× too large and Tanzania at 6°S about 1.0×, so the map shows South Australia as 1.38× the size of Tanzania instead of 1.05×.
• Together South Australia and Tanzania cover 1,925,000 km², close to the size of Saudi Arabia (1,922,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 42,400 km², is about the size of Denmark (42,700 km²).
• At Tanzania's density, South Australia would have 59.9 million people (it has 1.9 million). At South Australia's density, Tanzania would have 1.8 million (it has 57.3 million).
• Tanzania's centre is 23.8° of latitude, about 2,650 km, farther north than South Australia's.
• South Australia is the 4th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 13% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• Tanzania ranks 32nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Tanzania lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,650 km) north of South Australia.
• Shared out evenly, each person in South Australia would have about 520,100 m² and each person in Tanzania about 16,430 m².
• Laid side by side, South Australia and Tanzania would cover 1,925,000 km², about the same size as Saudi Arabia.
• Together they have 59.2 million people, about as many people as Italy.
• Counted as a country, South Australia would rank 31st by area and 149th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2017. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 984,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 984,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 947,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 942,000 km², to within 2%.

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