Federal District is 1.01× the size of Prince Edward Island

Federal District (federal district of Brazil) covers about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²) and Prince Edward Island (province of Canada) about 5,730 km² (2,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,790km²Federal District
5,730km²Prince Edward Island

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Federal District
Prince Edward Island

What fits

Prince Edward Island is 99% of the size of Federal District.
Federal District is larger by 59.2 km² (22.9 mi²), which is 1.0% of the area of Prince Edward Island.
Measured in Belgiums: Federal District is about 0.19, Prince Edward Island about 0.19.

How they differ

Federal District also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 154,000, 18.3× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 27 in Prince Edward Island: Federal District is 18.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,080 km apart.
On a standard web map Prince Edward Island looks larger than Federal District: Federal District at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Prince Edward Island at 46°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Prince Edward Island as 1.93× the size of Federal District, when Federal District is 1.01× the size of Prince Edward Island.
Together Federal District and Prince Edward Island cover 11,500 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 0.6% bigger).
At Prince Edward Island's density, Federal District would have 156,000 people (it has 2.8 million). At Federal District's density, Prince Edward Island would have 2.8 million (it has 154,000).
Prince Edward Island's centre is 62.2° of latitude, about 6,910 km, farther north than Federal District's.
Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Prince Edward Island is the 13th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Prince Edward Island lies about 62° of latitude (roughly 6,910 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Federal District would have about 2,060 m² and each person in Prince Edward Island about 37,150 m².
Laid side by side, Federal District and Prince Edward Island would cover 11,500 km², 1.03× the size of Qatar.
Together they have 3.0 million people, about as many people as Armenia.

Side by side

	Federal District	Prince Edward Island
Is a	Federal DistrictBrazil	ProvinceCanada
Area, measured	5,790 km²2,240 mi²	5,730 km²2,210 mi²
Official area	5,760 km²Wikidata	5,620 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 27in Brazil	13th of 13in Canada
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022	154,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	20th of 27in Brazil	10th of 13in Canada
Density	486 per km²	27 per km²
Capital	Brasília	Charlottetown
Latitude range	16°S to 15°S	46°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 km², to within 2%.
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.

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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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