Province of Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is a province of Canada. It covers about 403,000 km² (156,000 mi²), the 10th largest of the 13 provinces and territories in Natural Earth’s file for Canada, and about the same size as Paraguay. About 511,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2021).

In area1.01×the size ofParaguay400,000 km² In people0.92×as many people asCape Verde556,000

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Newfoundland and Labrador
Paraguay

Facts

Area, measured	403,000 km²156,000 mi²
Official area	405,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure
Share of Canada	4.1%of the area of the 13 provinces and territories
Rank by area	10th of 13provinces and territories of Canada
Population	511,000Wikidata, 2021 · the census year of every unit
Density	1.3 people per km²
Capital	St. John's
Latitude range	47°N to 60°N
Type	ProvinceCA-NL

What the numbers say about Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador covers 4.1% of the area of Canada and ranks 9th of 13 by population, against 10th by area.
It would take 24.7 provinces and territories the size of Newfoundland and Labrador to cover Canada.
Newfoundland and Labrador holds 1.4% of the 37.0 million people that Wikidata’s 2021 figures give for the 13 provinces and territories together: about 1 in 72.
The largest, Nunavut, is 5.16× the size of Newfoundland and Labrador; the smallest, Prince Edward Island, is 1.4% of it.
Closest in size within Canada: Yukon (484,000 km², 1.20×) and Saskatchewan (651,000 km², 1.61×).
Counted as a country, Newfoundland and Labrador would be larger than 180 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 60th by area, between Iraq (437,000 km²) and Paraguay (400,000 km²).
With 511,000 people it would rank 173rd of 238 by population.
Newfoundland and Labrador has 1.3 people per km².
That makes Newfoundland and Labrador the 10th most densely populated of the 13 provinces and territories, 34% of the average for Canada (3.7 per km²).
On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large in area, so Newfoundland and Labrador looks bigger there than it is.
Laid out flat, Newfoundland and Labrador stretches about 1,510 km north to south and 1,060 km east to west.
Wikidata's official figure of 405,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 403,000 km², to within 2%.

About the same size as

About as many people as

Beside the regions of other countries

The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.

ChinaAreaGansu0.99× · 406,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
United StatesAreaCalifornia0.98× · 410,000 km² PeopleWyoming89% · 577,000 (2020)
IndiaAreaRajasthan1.18× · 343,000 km² PeopleDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu87% · 586,000 (2011)
GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBremen74% · 693,000 (2022)
FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleGuadeloupe1.33× · 384,000 (2022)
ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleBasilicata0.91× · 563,000 (2019)
SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleCantabria86% · 592,000 (2024)
JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleTottori0.93× · 550,000 (2021)
BrazilAreaMato Grosso do Sul1.13× · 356,000 km² PeopleRoraima80% · 637,000 (2022)
AustraliaAreaVictoria1.77× · 228,000 km² PeopleTasmania (Australia)0.95× · 540,000 (2020)
MexicoAreaChihuahua1.63× · 248,000 km² PeopleBaja California Sur80% · 637,000 (2010)
ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleNong Bua Lamphu1.00× · 509,000 (2020)

Where Newfoundland and Labrador sits in Canada

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Ranked within Canada

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Sources and method

Outline: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
Official figures: Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
Population: Wikidata, 2021. Canada’s units share the 2021 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
Matching: Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
Data built: 2026-11-12

Full method