Tasmania (Australia) is 1.16× the size of Michoacán

What fits

• Michoacán is 86% of the size of Tasmania (Australia).
• Tasmania (Australia) is larger by 9,230 km² (3,570 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Michoacán.
• Measured in Belgiums: Tasmania (Australia) is about 2.22, Michoacán about 1.92.

How they differ

• Tasmania (Australia) is larger, but Michoacán has the larger population: 4.6 million against 540,000, 8.50× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 78 in Michoacán against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Michoacán is 9.83× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,200 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S is drawn about 1.8× too large and Michoacán at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 1.86× the size of Michoacán instead of 1.16×.
• Together Tasmania (Australia) and Michoacán cover 127,000 km², close to the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 9,230 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At Michoacán's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 5.3 million people (it has 540,000). At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Michoacán would have 466,000 (it has 4.6 million).
• Michoacán's centre is 61.1° of latitude, about 6,800 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.
• Michoacán is the 16th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
• Michoacán lies about 61° of latitude (roughly 6,800 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 Michoacán about 12,840 m².
• Laid side by side, Tasmania (Australia) and Michoacán would cover 127,000 km², about the same size as Nicaragua.
• Together they have 5.1 million people, about as many people as Nicaragua.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. 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 58,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 58,900 km², to within 2%.

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