Victoria is 10.8× the size of Massachusetts
Victoria (state of Australia) covers about 228,000 km² (88,000 mi²) and Massachusetts (state of the United States) about 21,200 km² (8,170 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 228,000km²Victoria
- 21,200km²Massachusetts
200 km
- Victoria
- Massachusetts
What fits
- Massachusetts fits inside Victoria about 10.8 times by area.
- Victoria is larger by 207,000 km² (79,800 mi²), which is 977% of the area of Massachusetts.
- Measured in Belgiums: Victoria is about 7.43, Massachusetts about 0.69.
How they differ
- Victoria is larger, but Massachusetts has the larger population: 7.0 million against 7.0 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 332 in Massachusetts against 31 in Victoria: Massachusetts is 10.8× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 16,900 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Victoria at 37°S is drawn about 1.6× too large and Massachusetts at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Victoria as 9.22× the size of Massachusetts instead of 10.8×.
- Together Victoria and Massachusetts cover 249,000 km², close to the size of Guinea (244,000 km², 1.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 207,000 km², is about the size of Belarus (207,000 km²).
- At Massachusetts's density, Victoria would have 75.7 million people (it has 7.0 million). At Victoria's density, Massachusetts would have 651,000 (it has 7.0 million).
- Massachusetts's centre is 79.1° of latitude, about 8,800 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.
- Massachusetts is the 45th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Massachusetts lies about 79° of latitude (roughly 8,800 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 Massachusetts about 3,010 m².
- Laid side by side, Victoria and Massachusetts would cover 249,000 km², about the same size as Guinea.
- Together they have 14.0 million people, about as many people as Benin.
Side by side
| Victoria | Massachusetts | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateAustralia | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 228,000 km²88,000 mi² | 21,200 km²8,170 mi² |
| Official area | 227,000 km²Wikidata | 27,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 6th of 8in Australia | 45th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 7.0 millionWikidata, 2024 | 7.0 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 8in Australia | 15th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 31 per km² | 332 per km² |
| Capital | Melbourne | Boston |
| Latitude range | 39°S to 34°S | 41°N to 43°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%.
- Our measured 21,200 km² is 23% below Wikidata's official figure of 27,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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