Tasmania (Australia) is 1.09× the size of West Virginia

Tasmania (Australia) (state of Australia) covers about 68,100 km² (26,300 mi²) and West Virginia (state of the United States) about 62,700 km² (24,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)
62,700km²West Virginia

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Tasmania (Australia)
West Virginia

What fits

West Virginia is 92% of the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Tasmania (Australia) is larger by 5,380 km² (2,080 mi²), which is 8.6% of the area of West Virginia.
Measured in Belgiums: Tasmania (Australia) is about 2.22, West Virginia about 2.05.

How they differ

Tasmania (Australia) is larger, but West Virginia has the larger population: 1.8 million against 540,000, 3.32× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 29 in West Virginia against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): West Virginia is 3.61× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 16,000 km apart.
Together Tasmania (Australia) and West Virginia cover 131,000 km², close to the size of Greece (131,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,380 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
At West Virginia's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 1.9 million people (it has 540,000). At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, West Virginia would have 497,000 (it has 1.8 million).
West Virginia's centre is 80.6° of latitude, about 8,960 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.
West Virginia is the 41st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
West Virginia lies about 81° of latitude (roughly 8,960 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 West Virginia about 34,980 m².
Laid side by side, Tasmania (Australia) and West Virginia would cover 131,000 km², about the same size as Greece.
Together they have 2.3 million people, 97% as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

	Tasmania (Australia)	West Virginia
Is a	StateAustralia	StateUnited States
Area, measured	68,100 km²26,300 mi²	62,700 km²24,200 mi²
Official area	68,400 km²Wikidata	62,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 8in Australia	41st of 51in the United States
Population	540,000Wikidata, 2020	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	6th of 8in Australia	39th of 51in the United States
Density	7.9 per km²	29 per km²
Capital	Hobart	Charleston
Latitude range	44°S to 40°S	37°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2020. 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 62,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 62,700 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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