Tasmania (Australia) is 1.62× the size of Extremadura

Tasmania (Australia) (state of Australia) covers about 68,100 km² (26,300 mi²) and Extremadura (autonomous community of Spain) about 42,100 km² (16,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)
42,100km²Extremadura

100 km

Tasmania (Australia)
Extremadura

What fits

Extremadura is 62% of the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Tasmania (Australia) is larger by 26,000 km² (10,000 mi²), which is 62% of the area of Extremadura.
Measured in Belgiums: Tasmania (Australia) is about 2.22, Extremadura about 1.37.

How they differ

Tasmania (Australia) is larger, but Extremadura has the larger population: 1.1 million against 540,000, 1.95× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 25 in Extremadura against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Extremadura is 3.16× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 17,700 km apart.
Together Tasmania (Australia) and Extremadura cover 110,000 km², close to the size of Cuba (110,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 26,000 km², is about the size of North Macedonia (25,400 km²).
At Extremadura's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 1.7 million people (it has 540,000). At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Extremadura would have 334,000 (it has 1.1 million).
Extremadura's centre is 81.1° of latitude, about 9,020 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.
Extremadura is the 5th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 8.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
Extremadura lies about 81° of latitude (roughly 9,020 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 Extremadura about 39,990 m².
Laid side by side, Tasmania (Australia) and Extremadura would cover 110,000 km², about the same size as Cuba.
Together they have 1.6 million people, 1.14× as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

	Tasmania (Australia)	Extremadura
Is a	StateAustralia	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	68,100 km²26,300 mi²	42,100 km²16,300 mi²
Official area	68,400 km²Wikidata	41,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 8in Australia	5th of 19in Spain
Population	540,000Wikidata, 2020	1.1 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	6th of 8in Australia	13th of 19in Spain
Density	7.9 per km²	25 per km²
Capital	Hobart	Mérida
Latitude range	44°S to 40°S	38°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. 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 41,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,100 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Extremadura is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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