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California vs Tasmania Geography
Land area
- California has a land area of 155,859 square miles (403,673 km²), while Tasmania has 26,410 square miles (68,401 km²).
- California's land area is 5.9 times (490%) larger than Tasmania's.
Total area
- California: 163,694 square miles (423,965 km²) vs Tasmania: 26,410 square miles (68,401 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- California's total area is 6.2 times (520%) larger than Tasmania's.
Length
- California is 761 miles (1,224 km) long from north to south; Tasmania is 318 miles (511 km).
- California's north-south length is 2.4 times (139%) longer than Tasmania's.
Width
- California spans 706 miles (1,137 km) east to west; Tasmania spans 248 miles (399 km).
- California's east-west width is 2.8 times (185%) wider than Tasmania's.
Highest point
- California's highest point is Mount Whitney at 14,484 feet (4,415 m); Tasmania's is Mount Ossa at 5,305 feet (1,617 m).
- Mount Whitney is 9,179 feet higher than Mount Ossa.
Lowest point
- California's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Tasmania's is Southern Ocean at 0 feet.
- California's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
California vs Tasmania Population and History
Population
- California has a population of 39,431,263 (2024), while Tasmania has 576,659 (2025).
- California's population is 68.4 times larger than Tasmania's.
Population density
- California: 253.0 people per square mile vs Tasmania: 21.8.
- California's population density is 11.6 times higher than Tasmania's.
Largest metro area
- California's largest metropolitan area is Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area (12,927,614 people) vs Tasmania's Greater Hobart (255,250).
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area's population is 50.6 times larger than Greater Hobart's.
History
- California: Admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850, as the 31st state.
- Tasmania: Became an Australian state at Federation on January 1, 1901; founded as a colony in 1825.
- In its current form, California is the older of the two by 51 years.
California vs Tasmania Economy
GDP
- California's GDP is $4,048.1 billion (2024) vs Tasmania's $28.3 billion.
- California's economic output is 143.0 times larger than Tasmania's.
GDP per capita
- California: $102,662 per person vs Tasmania: $49,076.
- California's GDP per capita is 2.1 times (109%) higher than Tasmania's.
Official Websites
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