Tamaulipas and Assam are almost exactly the same size
Tamaulipas (state of Mexico) covers about 79,600 km² (30,700 mi²) and Assam (state of India) about 79,500 km² (30,700 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 79,600km²Tamaulipas
- 79,500km²Assam
200 km
- Tamaulipas
- Assam
What fits
- Assam is 100% of the size of Tamaulipas.
- The measured areas differ by 53.2 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Tamaulipas is about 2.59, Assam about 2.59.
How they differ
- Tamaulipas is larger, but Assam has the larger population: 31.2 million against 3.4 million, 9.07× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 392 in Assam against 43 in Tamaulipas: Assam is 9.07× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,300 km apart.
- On a standard web map Assam looks larger than Tamaulipas: Tamaulipas at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Assam at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Assam as 1.03× the size of Tamaulipas, when Tamaulipas is 1.00× the size of Assam.
- Together Tamaulipas and Assam cover 159,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 1.6% smaller).
- At Assam's density, Tamaulipas would have 31.2 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Tamaulipas's density, Assam would have 3.4 million (it has 31.2 million).
- Assam's centre is 2.1° of latitude, about 230 km, farther north than Tamaulipas's.
- Tamaulipas is the 7th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
- Assam is the 15th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 2.5% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
- Assam lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 230 km) north of Tamaulipas.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Tamaulipas would have about 23,120 m² and each person in Assam about 2,550 m².
- Laid side by side, Tamaulipas and Assam would cover 159,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
- Together they have 34.6 million people, about as many people as Uzbekistan.
Side by side
| Tamaulipas | Assam | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 79,600 km²30,700 mi² | 79,500 km²30,700 mi² |
| Official area | 80,200 km²Wikidata | 78,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 7th of 32in Mexico | 15th of 36in India |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2015 | 31.2 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 13th of 32in Mexico | 15th of 36in India |
| Density | 43 per km² | 392 per km² |
| Capital | Ciudad Victoria | Dispur |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 28°N | 24°N to 28°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 80,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 79,600 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 78,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 79,500 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