Victoria is 5.34× the size of Denmark
Victoria (state of Australia) covers about 228,000 km² (88,000 mi²) and Denmark (Europe) about 42,700 km² (16,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 228,000km²Victoria
- 42,700km²Denmark
200 km
- Victoria
- Denmark
What fits
- Denmark fits inside Victoria about 5.34 times by area.
- Victoria is larger by 185,000 km² (71,500 mi²), which is 434% of the area of Denmark.
- Measured in Belgiums: Victoria is about 7.43, Denmark about 1.39.
How they differ
- Victoria also has the larger population: 7.0 million against 5.8 million, 1.20× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 136 in Denmark against 31 in Victoria: Denmark is 4.43× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 16,000 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Victoria at 37°S is drawn about 1.6× too large and Denmark at 56°N about 3.2×, so the map shows Victoria as 2.61× the size of Denmark instead of 5.34×.
- Together Victoria and Denmark cover 271,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
- The gap between them, 185,000 km², is about the size of Syria (186,000 km²).
- At Denmark's density, Victoria would have 31.1 million people (it has 7.0 million). At Victoria's density, Denmark would have 1.3 million (it has 5.8 million).
- Denmark's centre is 92.8° of latitude, about 10,320 km, farther north than Victoria's.
- Victoria is the 6th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Denmark ranks 134th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Denmark lies about 93° of latitude (roughly 10,300 km) north of Victoria, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Victoria would have about 32,510 m² and each person in Denmark about 7,330 m².
- Laid side by side, Victoria and Denmark would cover 271,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
- Together they have 12.8 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
- Counted as a country, Victoria would rank 84th by area and 106th by population.
Side by side
| Victoria | Denmark | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateAustralia | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 228,000 km²88,000 mi² | 42,700 km²16,500 mi² |
| Official area | 227,000 km²Wikidata | 42,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 6th of 8in Australia | 133rd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 7.0 millionWikidata, 2024 | 5.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 8in Australia | 115th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 31 per km² | 136 per km² |
| Capital | Melbourne | Copenhagen |
| Latitude range | 39°S to 34°S | 55°N to 58°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 227,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 228,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 42,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,700 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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