Veracruz is 1.04× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Veracruz (state of Mexico) covers about 71,000 km² (27,400 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.

71,000km²Veracruz
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

100 km

Veracruz
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 96% of the size of Veracruz.
Veracruz is larger by 2,850 km² (1,100 mi²), which is 4.2% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Veracruz is about 2.31, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Veracruz also has the larger population: 8.1 million against 540,000, 15.0× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 114 in Veracruz against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Veracruz is 14.4× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,600 km apart.
On a standard web map Tasmania (Australia) looks larger than Veracruz: Veracruz at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 1.54× the size of Veracruz, when Veracruz is 1.04× the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Together Veracruz and Tasmania (Australia) cover 139,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 1.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,850 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Veracruz would have 562,000 people (it has 8.1 million). At Veracruz's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 7.8 million (it has 540,000).
Veracruz's centre is 61.3° of latitude, about 6,820 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Veracruz is the 12th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.6% of its area; it is the 11th 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.
Veracruz lies about 61° of latitude (roughly 6,820 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Veracruz would have about 8,750 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Veracruz and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 139,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
Together they have 8.7 million people, 97% as many people as Papua New Guinea.

Side by side

	Veracruz	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	StateMexico	StateAustralia
Area, measured	71,000 km²27,400 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	71,800 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 32in Mexico	7th of 8in Australia
Population	8.1 millionWikidata, 2015	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	3rd of 32in Mexico	6th of 8in Australia
Density	114 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Xalapa	Hobart
Latitude range	17°N to 22°N	44°S to 40°S

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 71,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 71,000 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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