Tasmania (Australia) is 1.18× the size of Sinaloa

Tasmania (Australia) (state of Australia) covers about 68,100 km² (26,300 mi²) and Sinaloa (state of Mexico) about 57,700 km² (22,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)
57,700km²Sinaloa

100 km

Tasmania (Australia)
Sinaloa

What fits

Sinaloa is 85% of the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Tasmania (Australia) is larger by 10,400 km² (4,020 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Sinaloa.
Measured in Belgiums: Tasmania (Australia) is about 2.22, Sinaloa about 1.88.

How they differ

Tasmania (Australia) is larger, but Sinaloa has the larger population: 3.0 million against 540,000, 5.50× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 51 in Sinaloa against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Sinaloa is 6.49× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,100 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S is drawn about 1.8× too large and Sinaloa at 25°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 1.75× the size of Sinaloa instead of 1.18×.
Together Tasmania (Australia) and Sinaloa cover 126,000 km², close to the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km², 2.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 10,400 km², is about the size of Gambia (10,500 km²).
At Sinaloa's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 3.5 million people (it has 540,000). At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Sinaloa would have 457,000 (it has 3.0 million).
Sinaloa's centre is 66.9° of latitude, about 7,440 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.
Sinaloa is the 17th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
Sinaloa lies about 67° of latitude (roughly 7,440 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 Sinaloa about 19,450 m².
Laid side by side, Tasmania (Australia) and Sinaloa would cover 126,000 km², about the same size as Nicaragua.
Together they have 3.5 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

	Tasmania (Australia)	Sinaloa
Is a	StateAustralia	StateMexico
Area, measured	68,100 km²26,300 mi²	57,700 km²22,300 mi²
Official area	68,400 km²Wikidata	57,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 8in Australia	17th of 32in Mexico
Population	540,000Wikidata, 2020	3.0 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	6th of 8in Australia	15th of 32in Mexico
Density	7.9 per km²	51 per km²
Capital	Hobart	Culiacán
Latitude range	44°S to 40°S	22°N to 27°N

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 57,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 57,700 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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