Tasmania (Australia) is 1.23× the size of Himachal Pradesh

Tasmania (Australia) (state of Australia) covers about 68,100 km² (26,300 mi²) and Himachal Pradesh (state of India) about 55,400 km² (21,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)
55,400km²Himachal Pradesh

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Tasmania (Australia)
Himachal Pradesh

What fits

Himachal Pradesh is 81% of the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Tasmania (Australia) is larger by 12,700 km² (4,910 mi²), which is 23% of the area of Himachal Pradesh.
Measured in Belgiums: Tasmania (Australia) is about 2.22, Himachal Pradesh about 1.81.

How they differ

Tasmania (Australia) is larger, but Himachal Pradesh has the larger population: 6.9 million against 540,000, 12.7× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 124 in Himachal Pradesh against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Himachal Pradesh is 15.6× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,800 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S is drawn about 1.8× too large and Himachal Pradesh at 32°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 1.60× the size of Himachal Pradesh instead of 1.23×.
Together Tasmania (Australia) and Himachal Pradesh cover 124,000 km², close to the size of Eritrea (123,000 km², 0.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 12,700 km², is about the size of Bahamas (12,600 km²).
At Himachal Pradesh's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 8.4 million people (it has 540,000). At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Himachal Pradesh would have 439,000 (it has 6.9 million).
Himachal Pradesh's centre is 73.9° of latitude, about 8,210 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.
Himachal Pradesh is the 18th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Himachal Pradesh lies about 74° of latitude (roughly 8,210 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 Himachal Pradesh about 8,070 m².
Laid side by side, Tasmania (Australia) and Himachal Pradesh would cover 124,000 km², about the same size as Eritrea.
Together they have 7.4 million people, about as many people as Libya.

Side by side

	Tasmania (Australia)	Himachal Pradesh
Is a	StateAustralia	StateIndia
Area, measured	68,100 km²26,300 mi²	55,400 km²21,400 mi²
Official area	68,400 km²Wikidata	55,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 8in Australia	18th of 36in India
Population	540,000Wikidata, 2020	6.9 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	6th of 8in Australia	22nd of 36in India
Density	7.9 per km²	124 per km²
Capital	Hobart	Shimla
Latitude range	44°S to 40°S	30°N to 33°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2011. 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 55,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,400 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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