Tajikistan is 2.1 times larger than Tasmania (Australia).
Area: 143,100 km2 World Factbook
Population: 8,051,512 (July 2014) World Factbook
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. Mountains cover more than 90% of the country. Wikipedia
Tasmania is an island state, part of the Commonwealth of Australia, located 240 kilometres to the south of the Australian continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania, the 26th largest island in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands. Wikipedia