California is 1.02× the size of Newfoundland and Labrador

California (state of the United States) covers about 410,000 km² (158,000 mi²) and Newfoundland and Labrador (province of Canada) about 403,000 km² (156,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

410,000km²California
403,000km²Newfoundland and Labrador

200 km

California
Newfoundland and Labrador

What fits

Newfoundland and Labrador is 98% of the size of California.
California is larger by 6,420 km² (2,480 mi²), which is 1.6% of the area of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Measured in Belgiums: California is about 13.4, Newfoundland and Labrador about 13.2.

How they differ

California also has the larger population: 39.5 million against 511,000, 77.4× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 96 in California against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: California is 76.2× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,820 km apart.
On a standard web map Newfoundland and Labrador looks larger than California: California at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 1.70× the size of California, when California is 1.02× the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Together California and Newfoundland and Labrador cover 813,000 km², close to the size of Namibia (823,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 6,420 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, California would have 519,000 people (it has 39.5 million). At California's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 38.9 million (it has 511,000).
Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 15.6° of latitude, about 1,730 km, farther north than California's.
California is the 3rd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
Newfoundland and Labrador is the 10th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,730 km) north of California.
Shared out evenly, each person in California would have about 10,360 m² and each person in Newfoundland and Labrador about 789,980 m².
Laid side by side, California and Newfoundland and Labrador would cover 813,000 km², about the same size as Namibia.
Together they have 40.0 million people, about as many people as Sudan.

Side by side

	California	Newfoundland and Labrador
Is a	StateUnited States	ProvinceCanada
Area, measured	410,000 km²158,000 mi²	403,000 km²156,000 mi²
Official area	424,000 km²Wikidata	405,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	3rd of 51in the United States	10th of 13in Canada
Population	39.5 millionWikidata, 2020	511,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	1st of 51in the United States	9th of 13in Canada
Density	96 per km²	1.3 per km²
Capital	Sacramento	St. John's
Latitude range	33°N to 42°N	47°N to 60°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 410,000 km² is 3.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 424,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 405,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 403,000 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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