Iowa is 2.00× the size of New Brunswick
Iowa (state of the United States) covers about 145,000 km² (56,200 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.
- 145,000km²Iowa
- 72,800km²New Brunswick
100 km
- Iowa
- New Brunswick
What fits
- New Brunswick is 50% of the size of Iowa.
- Iowa is larger by 72,700 km² (28,100 mi²), which is 100% of the area of New Brunswick.
- Measured in Belgiums: Iowa is about 4.74, New Brunswick about 2.37.
How they differ
- Iowa also has the larger population: 3.2 million against 776,000, 4.11× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 22 in Iowa against 11 in New Brunswick: Iowa is 2.06× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,200 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Iowa at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and New Brunswick at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Iowa as 1.71× the size of New Brunswick instead of 2.00×.
- Together Iowa and New Brunswick cover 218,000 km², close to the size of Guyana (211,000 km², 3.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 72,700 km², is about the size of Sierra Leone (71,600 km²).
- At New Brunswick's density, Iowa would have 1.5 million people (it has 3.2 million). At Iowa's density, New Brunswick would have 1.6 million (it has 776,000).
- New Brunswick's centre is 4.5° of latitude, about 500 km, farther north than Iowa's.
- Iowa is the 26th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 35th 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 5° of latitude (roughly 505 km) north of Iowa.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Iowa would have about 45,590 m² and each person in New Brunswick about 93,840 m².
- Laid side by side, Iowa and New Brunswick would cover 218,000 km², 1.03× the size of Guyana.
- Together they have 4.0 million people, about as many people as Georgia.
Side by side
| Iowa | New Brunswick | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | ProvinceCanada |
| Area, measured | 145,000 km²56,200 mi² | 72,800 km²28,100 mi² |
| Official area | 146,000 km²Wikidata | 72,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 26th of 51in the United States | 11th of 13in Canada |
| Population | 3.2 millionWikidata, 2020 | 776,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 31st of 51in the United States | 8th of 13in Canada |
| Density | 22 per km² | 11 per km² |
| Capital | Des Moines | – |
| Latitude range | 40°N to 44°N | 45°N to 48°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 146,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 145,000 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