Victoria is 1.74× the size of Tamil Nadu
Victoria (state of Australia) covers about 228,000 km² (88,000 mi²) and Tamil Nadu (state of India) about 131,000 km² (50,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 228,000km²Victoria
- 131,000km²Tamil Nadu
200 km
- Victoria
- Tamil Nadu
What fits
- Tamil Nadu is 57% of the size of Victoria.
- Victoria is larger by 97,300 km² (37,600 mi²), which is 74% of the area of Tamil Nadu.
- Measured in Belgiums: Victoria is about 7.43, Tamil Nadu about 4.26.
How they differ
- Victoria is larger, but Tamil Nadu has the larger population: 72.1 million against 7.0 million, 10.3× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 552 in Tamil Nadu against 31 in Victoria: Tamil Nadu is 17.9× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,680 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Victoria at 37°S is drawn about 1.6× too large and Tamil Nadu at 11°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Victoria as 2.63× the size of Tamil Nadu instead of 1.74×.
- Together Victoria and Tamil Nadu cover 359,000 km², close to the size of Germany (358,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 97,300 km², is about the size of South Korea (98,500 km²).
- At Tamil Nadu's density, Victoria would have 125.8 million people (it has 7.0 million). At Victoria's density, Tamil Nadu would have 4.0 million (it has 72.1 million).
- Tamil Nadu's centre is 47.9° of latitude, about 5,320 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.
- Tamil Nadu is the 10th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Tamil Nadu lies about 48° of latitude (roughly 5,320 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 Tamil Nadu about 1,810 m².
- Laid side by side, Victoria and Tamil Nadu would cover 359,000 km², about the same size as Germany.
- Together they have 79.2 million people, 95% as many people as Germany.
Side by side
| Victoria | Tamil Nadu | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateAustralia | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 228,000 km²88,000 mi² | 131,000 km²50,500 mi² |
| Official area | 227,000 km²Wikidata | 130,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 6th of 8in Australia | 10th of 36in India |
| Population | 7.0 millionWikidata, 2024 | 72.1 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 8in Australia | 6th of 36in India |
| Density | 31 per km² | 552 per km² |
| Capital | Melbourne | Chennai |
| Latitude range | 39°S to 34°S | 8°N to 14°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2011. 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 130,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 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