Tasmania (Australia) is 1.42× the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

What fits

• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 70% of the size of Tasmania (Australia).
• Tasmania (Australia) is larger by 20,100 km² (7,770 mi²), which is 42% of the area of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
• Measured in Belgiums: Tasmania (Australia) is about 2.22, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté about 1.56.

How they differ

• Tasmania (Australia) is larger, but Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has the larger population: 2.8 million against 540,000, 5.20× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 58 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 7.37× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 17,000 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S is drawn about 1.8× too large and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 1.18× the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté instead of 1.42×.
• Together Tasmania (Australia) and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté cover 116,000 km², close to the size of Benin (116,000 km², 0.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 20,100 km², is about the size of Slovenia (20,300 km²).
• At Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 4.0 million people (it has 540,000). At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have 380,000 (it has 2.8 million).
• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's centre is 89.2° of latitude, about 9,920 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
• 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.
• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is the 6th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 7.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté lies about 89° of latitude (roughly 9,920 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Tasmania (Australia) would have about 126,230 m² and each person in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté about 17,120 m².
• Laid side by side, Tasmania (Australia) and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would cover 116,000 km², about the same size as Benin.
• Together they have 3.3 million people, about as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 68,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 68,100 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 47,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,000 km², to within 2%.

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