Province of Canada

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is a province of Canada. It covers about 5,730 km² (2,210 mi²), the 13th largest of the 13 provinces and territories in Natural Earth’s file for Canada, and about the same size as Brunei. About 154,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2021).

In area1.00×the size ofBrunei5,720 km² In people77%as many people asSamoa200,000

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Prince Edward Island
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Facts

Area, measured	5,730 km²2,210 mi²
Official area	5,620 km²Wikidata · 2.0% below our measure
Share of Canada	less than 0.1%of the area of the 13 provinces and territories
Rank by area	13th of 13provinces and territories of Canada
Population	154,000Wikidata, 2021 · the census year of every unit
Density	27 people per km²
Capital	Charlottetown
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N
Type	ProvinceCA-PE

What the numbers say about Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island covers less than 0.1% of the area of Canada and ranks 10th of 13 by population, against 13th by area.
It would take 1,735 provinces and territories the size of Prince Edward Island to cover Canada.
Prince Edward Island holds 0.4% of the 37.0 million people that Wikidata’s 2021 figures give for the 13 provinces and territories together: about 1 in 240.
The largest, Nunavut, is 363× the size of Prince Edward Island, the smallest of the 13.
Closest in size within Canada: Nova Scotia (55,100 km², 9.61×) and New Brunswick (72,800 km², 12.7×).
Counted as a country, Prince Edward Island would be larger than 68 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 172nd by area, between Palestine (6,070 km²) and Brunei (5,720 km²).
With 154,000 people it would rank 185th of 238 by population.
Prince Edward Island has 27 people per km², about the density of Peru, which has 26 per km².
That makes Prince Edward Island the most densely populated of the 13 provinces and territories, 7.24× the average for Canada (3.7 per km²).
Prince Edward Island has 1,519× the density of Nunavut, the least crowded of the 13: 27 against 0.02 people per km².
On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large in area, so Prince Edward Island looks bigger there than it is.
Laid out flat, Prince Edward Island stretches about 124 km north to south and 187 km east to west.
Our measured 5,730 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,620 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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.

ChinaAreaShanghai85% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
United StatesAreaDelaware1.11× · 5,170 km²Peoplenone within 2×
IndiaAreaSikkim83% · 6,940 km² PeopleLadakh56% · 274,000 (2011)
FranceAreaCorsica (France)66% · 8,670 km² PeopleFrench Guiana54% · 288,000 (2022)
ItalyAreaLiguria1.04× · 5,490 km² PeopleAosta Valley1.23× · 126,000 (2019)
SpainAreaCantabria1.07× · 5,350 km² PeopleMelilla1.80× · 86,000 (2024)
JapanAreaMie0.99× · 5,820 km²Peoplenone within 2×
BrazilAreaFederal District0.99× · 5,790 km²Peoplenone within 2×
AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleNorthern Territory59% · 262,000 (2024)
MexicoAreaColima0.98× · 5,880 km²Peoplenone within 2×
ThailandAreaMaha Sarakham1.00× · 5,740 km² PeopleSamut Songkhram80% · 192,000 (2020)

Where Prince Edward Island 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