Baja California and New Brunswick are almost exactly the same size

Baja California (state of Mexico) covers about 72,900 km² (28,100 mi²) and New Brunswick (province of Canada) about 72,800 km² (28,100 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.

72,900km²Baja California
72,800km²New Brunswick

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Baja California
New Brunswick

What fits

New Brunswick is 100% of the size of Baja California.
The measured areas differ by 125 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
Measured in Belgiums: Baja California is about 2.38, New Brunswick about 2.37.

How they differ

Baja California also has the larger population: 3.3 million against 776,000, 4.28× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 45 in Baja California against 11 in New Brunswick: Baja California is 4.27× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,510 km apart.
On a standard web map New Brunswick looks larger than Baja California: Baja California at 31°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and New Brunswick at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows New Brunswick as 1.57× the size of Baja California, when Baja California is 1.00× the size of New Brunswick.
Together Baja California and New Brunswick cover 146,000 km², close to the size of Suriname (145,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
At New Brunswick's density, Baja California would have 777,000 people (it has 3.3 million). At Baja California's density, New Brunswick would have 3.3 million (it has 776,000).
New Brunswick's centre is 16.1° of latitude, about 1,790 km, farther north than Baja California's.
Baja California is the 10th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
New Brunswick is the 11th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
New Brunswick lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,790 km) north of Baja California.
Shared out evenly, each person in Baja California would have about 21,990 m² and each person in New Brunswick about 93,840 m².
Laid side by side, Baja California and New Brunswick would cover 146,000 km², about the same size as Suriname.
Together they have 4.1 million people, 1.04× as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

	Baja California	New Brunswick
Is a	StateMexico	ProvinceCanada
Area, measured	72,900 km²28,100 mi²	72,800 km²28,100 mi²
Official area	71,500 km²Wikidata	72,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 32in Mexico	11th of 13in Canada
Population	3.3 millionWikidata, 2015	776,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	14th of 32in Mexico	8th of 13in Canada
Density	45 per km²	11 per km²
Capital	Mexicali	–
Latitude range	28°N to 33°N	45°N to 48°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 72,900 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 71,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 72,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 72,800 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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