Tasmania (Australia) is 1.21× the size of Paraíba

Tasmania (Australia) (state of Australia) covers about 68,100 km² (26,300 mi²) and Paraíba (state of Brazil) about 56,500 km² (21,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)
56,500km²Paraíba

100 km

Tasmania (Australia)
Paraíba

What fits

Paraíba is 83% of the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Tasmania (Australia) is larger by 11,600 km² (4,480 mi²), which is 21% of the area of Paraíba.
Measured in Belgiums: Tasmania (Australia) is about 2.22, Paraíba about 1.84.

How they differ

Tasmania (Australia) is larger, but Paraíba has the larger population: 4.0 million against 540,000, 7.37× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 70 in Paraíba against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Paraíba is 8.88× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 14,500 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S is drawn about 1.8× too large and Paraíba at 7°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 2.14× the size of Paraíba instead of 1.21×.
Together Tasmania (Australia) and Paraíba cover 125,000 km², close to the size of Eritrea (123,000 km², 1.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 11,600 km², is about the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km²).
At Paraíba's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 4.8 million people (it has 540,000). At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Paraíba would have 448,000 (it has 4.0 million).
Paraíba's centre is 34.8° of latitude, about 3,870 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.
Paraíba is the 21st largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Paraíba lies about 35° of latitude (roughly 3,870 km) north of Tasmania (Australia).
Shared out evenly, each person in Tasmania (Australia) would have about 126,230 m² and each person in Paraíba about 14,220 m².
Laid side by side, Tasmania (Australia) and Paraíba would cover 125,000 km², about the same size as Eritrea.
Together they have 4.5 million people, about as many people as Kuwait.

Side by side

	Tasmania (Australia)	Paraíba
Is a	StateAustralia	StateBrazil
Area, measured	68,100 km²26,300 mi²	56,500 km²21,800 mi²
Official area	68,400 km²Wikidata	56,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 8in Australia	21st of 27in Brazil
Population	540,000Wikidata, 2020	4.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	6th of 8in Australia	13th of 27in Brazil
Density	7.9 per km²	70 per km²
Capital	Hobart	João Pessoa
Latitude range	44°S to 40°S	8°S to 6°S

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 56,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 56,500 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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