South Carolina is 1.18× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

South Carolina (state of the United States) covers about 80,200 km² (31,000 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.

80,200km²South Carolina
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

100 km

South Carolina
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 85% of the size of South Carolina.
South Carolina is larger by 12,000 km² (4,650 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: South Carolina is about 2.61, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

South Carolina also has the larger population: 5.1 million against 540,000, 9.49× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 64 in South Carolina against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): South Carolina is 8.06× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 15,800 km apart.
On a standard web map Tasmania (Australia) looks larger than South Carolina: South Carolina at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 1.06× the size of South Carolina, when South Carolina is 1.18× the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Together South Carolina and Tasmania (Australia) cover 148,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 0.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 12,000 km², is about the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, South Carolina would have 635,000 people (it has 5.1 million). At South Carolina's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 4.3 million (it has 540,000).
South Carolina's centre is 75.8° of latitude, about 8,430 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
South Carolina is the 40th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 19th 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.
South Carolina lies about 76° of latitude (roughly 8,430 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in South Carolina would have about 15,660 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, South Carolina and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 148,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
Together they have 5.7 million people, about as many people as Finland.

Side by side

	South Carolina	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	StateUnited States	StateAustralia
Area, measured	80,200 km²31,000 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	82,900 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	40th of 51in the United States	7th of 8in Australia
Population	5.1 millionWikidata, 2020	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	23rd of 51in the United States	6th of 8in Australia
Density	64 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Columbia	Hobart
Latitude range	32°N to 35°N	44°S to 40°S

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

Our measured 80,200 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 82,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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