West Bengal is 1.27× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

West Bengal (state of India) covers about 86,400 km² (33,300 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.

86,400km²West Bengal
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

100 km

West Bengal
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 79% of the size of West Bengal.
West Bengal is larger by 18,200 km² (7,050 mi²), which is 27% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: West Bengal is about 2.82, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

West Bengal also has the larger population: 91.3 million against 540,000, 169× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,057 in West Bengal against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): West Bengal is 133× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,470 km apart.
On a standard web map Tasmania (Australia) looks larger than West Bengal: West Bengal at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 1.19× the size of West Bengal, when West Bengal is 1.27× the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Together West Bengal and Tasmania (Australia) cover 154,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 1.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 18,200 km², is about the size of Fiji (18,900 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, West Bengal would have 684,000 people (it has 91.3 million). At West Bengal's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 72.0 million (it has 540,000).
West Bengal's centre is 65.7° of latitude, about 7,310 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
West Bengal is the 13th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 2.7% of its area; it is the 6th 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.
West Bengal lies about 66° of latitude (roughly 7,310 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in West Bengal would have about 950 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, West Bengal and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 154,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 91.8 million people, about as many people as Iran.

Side by side

	West Bengal	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	StateIndia	StateAustralia
Area, measured	86,400 km²33,300 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	88,800 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 36in India	7th of 8in Australia
Population	91.3 millionWikidata, 2011	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	4th of 36in India	6th of 8in Australia
Density	1,057 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Kolkata	Hobart
Latitude range	22°N to 27°N	44°S to 40°S

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 86,400 km² is 2.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 88,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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