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Texas vs Tasmania Geography
Land area
- Texas has a land area of 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²), while Tasmania has 26,410 square miles (68,401 km²).
- Texas' land area is 9.9 times (889%) larger than Tasmania's.
Total area
- Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²) vs Tasmania: 26,410 square miles (68,401 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 10.2 times larger than Tasmania's.
Length
- Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km) long from north to south; Tasmania is 318 miles (511 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 2.5 times (154%) longer than Tasmania's.
Width
- Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km) east to west; Tasmania spans 248 miles (399 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 3.1 times (213%) wider than Tasmania's.
Highest point
- Texas's highest point is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m); Tasmania's is Mount Ossa at 5,305 feet (1,617 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 3,425 feet higher than Mount Ossa.
Lowest point
- Texas's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; Tasmania's is Southern Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Texas vs Tasmania Population and History
Population
- Texas has a population of 31,290,831 (2024), while Tasmania has 576,659 (2025).
- Texas' population is 54.3 times larger than Tasmania's.
Population density
- Texas: 119.8 people per square mile vs Tasmania: 21.8.
- Texas' population density is 5.5 times (450%) higher than Tasmania's.
Largest metro area
- Texas's largest metropolitan area is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032 people) vs Tasmania's Greater Hobart (255,250).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 32.7 times larger than Greater Hobart's.
History
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- Tasmania: Became an Australian state at Federation on January 1, 1901; founded as a colony in 1825.
- In its current form, Texas is the older of the two by 56 years.
Texas vs Tasmania Economy
GDP
- Texas's GDP is $2,769.8 billion (2024) vs Tasmania's $28.3 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 97.9 times larger than Tasmania's.
GDP per capita
- Texas: $88,517 per person vs Tasmania: $49,076.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.8 times (80%) higher than Tasmania's.
Official Websites
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