Tamaulipas is 1.17× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Tamaulipas (state of Mexico) covers about 79,600 km² (30,700 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.

79,600km²Tamaulipas
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

100 km

Tamaulipas
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 86% of the size of Tamaulipas.
Tamaulipas is larger by 11,500 km² (4,430 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Tamaulipas is about 2.59, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Tamaulipas also has the larger population: 3.4 million against 540,000, 6.38× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 43 in Tamaulipas against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Tamaulipas is 5.46× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,800 km apart.
On a standard web map Tasmania (Australia) looks larger than Tamaulipas: Tamaulipas at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 1.28× the size of Tamaulipas, when Tamaulipas is 1.17× the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Together Tamaulipas and Tasmania (Australia) cover 148,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 11,500 km², is about the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Tamaulipas would have 630,000 people (it has 3.4 million). At Tamaulipas's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 2.9 million (it has 540,000).
Tamaulipas's centre is 66.2° of latitude, about 7,360 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'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.
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.
Tamaulipas lies about 66° of latitude (roughly 7,360 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Tamaulipas would have about 23,120 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Tamaulipas and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 148,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
Together they have 4.0 million people, about as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

	Tamaulipas	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	StateMexico	StateAustralia
Area, measured	79,600 km²30,700 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	80,200 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 32in Mexico	7th of 8in Australia
Population	3.4 millionWikidata, 2015	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	13th of 32in Mexico	6th of 8in Australia
Density	43 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Ciudad Victoria	Hobart
Latitude range	22°N to 28°N	44°S to 40°S

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. 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 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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