Tasmania (Australia) is 1.29× the size of Rio Grande do Norte

What fits

• Rio Grande do Norte is 78% of the size of Tasmania (Australia).
• Tasmania (Australia) is larger by 15,300 km² (5,910 mi²), which is 29% of the area of Rio Grande do Norte.
• Measured in Belgiums: Tasmania (Australia) is about 2.22, Rio Grande do Norte about 1.72.

How they differ

• Tasmania (Australia) is larger, but Rio Grande do Norte has the larger population: 3.3 million against 540,000, 6.12× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 63 in Rio Grande do Norte against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Rio Grande do Norte is 7.89× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 14,700 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S is drawn about 1.8× too large and Rio Grande do Norte at 6°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 2.31× the size of Rio Grande do Norte instead of 1.29×.
• Together Tasmania (Australia) and Rio Grande do Norte cover 121,000 km², close to the size of North Korea (122,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 15,300 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
• At Rio Grande do Norte's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 4.3 million people (it has 540,000). At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Rio Grande do Norte would have 418,000 (it has 3.3 million).
• Rio Grande do Norte's centre is 36.1° of latitude, about 4,010 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 Grande do Norte is the 22nd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Rio Grande do Norte lies about 36° of latitude (roughly 4,010 km) north of Tasmania (Australia).
• Shared out evenly, each person in Tasmania (Australia) would have about 126,230 m² and each person in Rio Grande do Norte about 15,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Tasmania (Australia) and Rio Grande do Norte would cover 121,000 km², about the same size as North Korea.
• Together they have 3.8 million people, about as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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 53,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,800 km², to within 2%.

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