Zacatecas is 1.10× the size of Tasmania (Australia)

Zacatecas (state of Mexico) covers about 74,700 km² (28,900 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.

74,700km²Zacatecas
68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)

100 km

Zacatecas
Tasmania (Australia)

What fits

Tasmania (Australia) is 91% of the size of Zacatecas.
Zacatecas is larger by 6,610 km² (2,550 mi²), which is 9.7% of the area of Tasmania (Australia).
Measured in Belgiums: Zacatecas is about 2.44, Tasmania (Australia) about 2.22.

How they differ

Zacatecas also has the larger population: 1.7 million against 540,000, 3.13× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 23 in Zacatecas against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Zacatecas is 2.86× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,400 km apart.
On a standard web map Tasmania (Australia) looks larger than Zacatecas: Zacatecas at 23°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Tasmania (Australia) at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows Tasmania (Australia) as 1.39× the size of Zacatecas, when Zacatecas is 1.10× the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Together Zacatecas and Tasmania (Australia) cover 143,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 6,610 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Zacatecas would have 592,000 people (it has 1.7 million). At Zacatecas's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 1.5 million (it has 540,000).
Zacatecas's centre is 65.2° of latitude, about 7,250 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Zacatecas is the 8th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.8% of its area; it is the 26th 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.
Zacatecas lies about 65° of latitude (roughly 7,250 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Zacatecas would have about 44,190 m² and each person in Tasmania (Australia) about 126,230 m².
Laid side by side, Zacatecas and Tasmania (Australia) would cover 143,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
Together they have 2.2 million people, 1.08× as many people as Slovenia.

Side by side

	Zacatecas	Tasmania (Australia)
Is a	StateMexico	StateAustralia
Area, measured	74,700 km²28,900 mi²	68,100 km²26,300 mi²
Official area	75,500 km²Wikidata	68,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 32in Mexico	7th of 8in Australia
Population	1.7 millionWikidata, 2015	540,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	26th of 32in Mexico	6th of 8in Australia
Density	23 per km²	7.9 per km²
Capital	Zacatecas	Hobart
Latitude range	21°N to 25°N	44°S to 40°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 75,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 74,700 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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