French Guiana is 1.14× the size of New Brunswick

French Guiana (overseas region of France) covers about 83,200 km² (32,100 mi²) and New Brunswick (province of Canada) about 72,800 km² (28,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

83,200km²French Guiana
72,800km²New Brunswick

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French Guiana
New Brunswick

What fits

New Brunswick is 87% of the size of French Guiana.
French Guiana is larger by 10,400 km² (4,020 mi²), which is 14% of the area of New Brunswick.
Measured in Belgiums: French Guiana is about 2.71, New Brunswick about 2.37.

How they differ

French Guiana is larger, but New Brunswick has the larger population: 776,000 against 288,000, 2.69× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 11 in New Brunswick against 3.5 in French Guiana: New Brunswick is 3.07× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,910 km apart.
On a standard web map New Brunswick looks larger than French Guiana: French Guiana at 4°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and New Brunswick at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows New Brunswick as 1.85× the size of French Guiana, when French Guiana is 1.14× the size of New Brunswick.
Together French Guiana and New Brunswick cover 156,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 10,400 km², is about the size of Gambia (10,500 km²).
At New Brunswick's density, French Guiana would have 886,000 people (it has 288,000). At French Guiana's density, New Brunswick would have 252,000 (it has 776,000).
New Brunswick's centre is 42.7° of latitude, about 4,750 km, farther north than French Guiana's.
French Guiana is the 2nd largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 18th 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 43° of latitude (roughly 4,750 km) north of French Guiana.
Shared out evenly, each person in French Guiana would have about 288,450 m² and each person in New Brunswick about 93,840 m².
Laid side by side, French Guiana and New Brunswick would cover 156,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 1.1 million people, 92% as many people as Djibouti.

Side by side

	French Guiana	New Brunswick
Is a	Overseas regionFrance	ProvinceCanada
Area, measured	83,200 km²32,100 mi²	72,800 km²28,100 mi²
Official area	83,500 km²Wikidata	72,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	2nd of 18in France	11th of 13in Canada
Population	288,000Wikidata, 2022	776,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	18th of 18in France	8th of 13in Canada
Density	3.5 per km²	11 per km²
Capital	Cayenne	–
Latitude range	2°N to 6°N	45°N to 48°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 83,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 83,200 km², to within 2%.
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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