Tennessee is 1.60× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Tennessee (state of the United States) covers about 109,000 km² (42,200 mi²) and Tasmania (Australia) (state of Australia) about 68,100 km² (26,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

109,000km²Tennessee
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

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Tennessee
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 62% of the size of Tennessee.
Tennessee is larger by 41,200 km² (15,900 mi²), which is 60% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Tennessee is about 3.56, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Tennessee also has the larger population: 6.9 million against 540,000, 12.8× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 63 in Tennessee against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Tennessee is 7.98× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 15,500 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tennessee at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Tennessee as 1.35× the size of Tasmania (Australia) instead of 1.60×.
Together Tennessee and Tasmania (Australia) cover 177,000 km², close to the size of Uruguay (177,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 41,200 km², is about the size of Switzerland (41,400 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Tennessee would have 866,000 people (it has 6.9 million). At Tennessee's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 4.3 million (it has 540,000).
Tennessee's centre is 77.8° of latitude, about 8,650 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Tennessee is the 35th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
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.
Tennessee lies about 78° of latitude (roughly 8,650 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Tennessee would have about 15,820 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Tennessee and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 177,000 km², about the same size as Uruguay.
Together they have 7.5 million people, about as many people as Libya.

Side by side

	Tennessee	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	StateUnited States	StateAustralia
Area, measured	109,000 km²42,200 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	109,000 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	35th of 51in the United States	7th of 8in Australia
Population	6.9 millionWikidata, 2020	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	16th of 51in the United States	6th of 8in Australia
Density	63 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Nashville	Hobart
Latitude range	35°N to 37°N	44°S to 40°S

Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 109,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 109,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 68,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 68,100 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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