Himachal Pradesh is 1.01× the size of Nova Scotia

Himachal Pradesh (state of India) covers about 55,400 km² (21,400 mi²) and Nova Scotia (province of Canada) about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

55,400km²Himachal Pradesh
55,100km²Nova Scotia

100 km

Himachal Pradesh
Nova Scotia

What fits

Nova Scotia is 99% of the size of Himachal Pradesh.
Himachal Pradesh is larger by 289 km² (112 mi²), which is 0.5% of the area of Nova Scotia.
Measured in Belgiums: Himachal Pradesh is about 1.81, Nova Scotia about 1.80.

How they differ

Himachal Pradesh also has the larger population: 6.9 million against 969,000, 7.08× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 124 in Himachal Pradesh against 18 in Nova Scotia: Himachal Pradesh is 7.04× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,600 km apart.
On a standard web map Nova Scotia looks larger than Himachal Pradesh: Himachal Pradesh at 32°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Nova Scotia at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 1.44× the size of Himachal Pradesh, when Himachal Pradesh is 1.01× the size of Nova Scotia.
Together Himachal Pradesh and Nova Scotia cover 111,000 km², close to the size of Cuba (110,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
At Nova Scotia's density, Himachal Pradesh would have 974,000 people (it has 6.9 million). At Himachal Pradesh's density, Nova Scotia would have 6.8 million (it has 969,000).
Nova Scotia's centre is 13.2° of latitude, about 1,470 km, farther north than Himachal Pradesh's.
Himachal Pradesh is the 18th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Nova Scotia is the 12th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
Nova Scotia lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,470 km) north of Himachal Pradesh.
Shared out evenly, each person in Himachal Pradesh would have about 8,070 m² and each person in Nova Scotia about 56,850 m².
Laid side by side, Himachal Pradesh and Nova Scotia would cover 111,000 km², about the same size as Cuba.
Together they have 7.8 million people, about as many people as Togo.

Side by side

	Himachal Pradesh	Nova Scotia
Is a	StateIndia	ProvinceCanada
Area, measured	55,400 km²21,400 mi²	55,100 km²21,300 mi²
Official area	55,800 km²Wikidata	55,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	18th of 36in India	12th of 13in Canada
Population	6.9 millionWikidata, 2011	969,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	22nd of 36in India	7th of 13in Canada
Density	124 per km²	18 per km²
Capital	Shimla	Halifax
Latitude range	30°N to 33°N	43°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 55,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 55,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,100 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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