Tamil Nadu is 1.06× the size of Mississippi

Tamil Nadu (state of India) covers about 131,000 km² (50,500 mi²) and Mississippi (state of the United States) about 124,000 km² (47,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

131,000km²Tamil Nadu
124,000km²Mississippi

100 km

Tamil Nadu
Mississippi

What fits

Mississippi is 95% of the size of Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu is larger by 6,880 km² (2,660 mi²), which is 5.6% of the area of Mississippi.
Measured in Belgiums: Tamil Nadu is about 4.26, Mississippi about 4.04.

How they differ

Tamil Nadu also has the larger population: 72.1 million against 3.0 million, 24.4× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 552 in Tamil Nadu against 24 in Mississippi: Tamil Nadu is 23.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 15,000 km apart.
On a standard web map Mississippi looks larger than Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu at 11°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Mississippi at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Mississippi as 1.29× the size of Tamil Nadu, when Tamil Nadu is 1.06× the size of Mississippi.
Together Tamil Nadu and Mississippi cover 254,000 km², close to the size of Ecuador (255,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 6,880 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Mississippi's density, Tamil Nadu would have 3.1 million people (it has 72.1 million). At Tamil Nadu's density, Mississippi would have 68.4 million (it has 3.0 million).
Mississippi's centre is 21.7° of latitude, about 2,420 km, farther north than Tamil Nadu's.
Tamil Nadu is the 10th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
Mississippi is the 31st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
Mississippi lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,420 km) north of Tamil Nadu.
Shared out evenly, each person in Tamil Nadu would have about 1,810 m² and each person in Mississippi about 41,810 m².
Laid side by side, Tamil Nadu and Mississippi would cover 254,000 km², about the same size as Ecuador.
Together they have 75.1 million people, 1.09× as many people as France.

Side by side

	Tamil Nadu	Mississippi
Is a	StateIndia	StateUnited States
Area, measured	131,000 km²50,500 mi²	124,000 km²47,800 mi²
Official area	130,000 km²Wikidata	125,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 36in India	31st of 51in the United States
Population	72.1 millionWikidata, 2011	3.0 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	6th of 36in India	34th of 51in the United States
Density	552 per km²	24 per km²
Capital	Chennai	Jackson
Latitude range	8°N to 14°N	30°N to 35°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 130,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 125,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 124,000 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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