Tasmania (Australia) is 1.55× the size of Rio de Janeiro

What fits

• Rio de Janeiro is 65% of the size of Tasmania (Australia).
• Tasmania (Australia) is larger by 24,100 km² (9,320 mi²), which is 55% of the area of Rio de Janeiro.
• Measured in Belgiums: Tasmania (Australia) is about 2.22, Rio de Janeiro about 1.43.

How they differ

• Tasmania (Australia) is larger, but Rio de Janeiro has the larger population: 16.1 million against 540,000, 29.8× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 365 in Rio de Janeiro against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Rio de Janeiro is 46.1× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,800 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S is drawn about 1.8× too large and Rio de Janeiro at 22°S about 1.2×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 2.40× the size of Rio de Janeiro instead of 1.55×.
• Together Tasmania (Australia) and Rio de Janeiro cover 112,000 km², close to the size of Honduras (112,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 24,100 km², is about the size of Rwanda (25,300 km²).
• At Rio de Janeiro's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 24.9 million people (it has 540,000). At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Rio de Janeiro would have 348,000 (it has 16.1 million).
• Rio de Janeiro's centre is 19.7° of latitude, about 2,190 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.
• Rio de Janeiro is the 24th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Rio de Janeiro lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,190 km) north of Tasmania (Australia).
• Shared out evenly, each person in Tasmania (Australia) would have about 126,230 m² and each person in Rio de Janeiro about 2,740 m².
• Laid side by side, Tasmania (Australia) and Rio de Janeiro would cover 112,000 km², about the same size as Honduras.
• Together they have 16.6 million people, about as many people as Senegal.

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 43,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 44,000 km², to within 2%.

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