Kentucky is 1.44× the size of New Brunswick
Kentucky (state of the United States) covers about 105,000 km² (40,400 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.
- 105,000km²Kentucky
- 72,800km²New Brunswick
200 km
- Kentucky
- New Brunswick
What fits
- New Brunswick is 70% of the size of Kentucky.
- Kentucky is larger by 31,800 km² (12,300 mi²), which is 44% of the area of New Brunswick.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kentucky is about 3.41, New Brunswick about 2.37.
How they differ
- Kentucky also has the larger population: 4.5 million against 776,000, 5.81× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 43 in Kentucky against 11 in New Brunswick: Kentucky is 4.04× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,850 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kentucky at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and New Brunswick at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Kentucky as 1.08× the size of New Brunswick instead of 1.44×.
- Together Kentucky and New Brunswick cover 177,000 km², close to the size of Uruguay (177,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 31,800 km², is about the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km²).
- At New Brunswick's density, Kentucky would have 1.1 million people (it has 4.5 million). At Kentucky's density, New Brunswick would have 3.1 million (it has 776,000).
- New Brunswick's centre is 9.1° of latitude, about 1,010 km, farther north than Kentucky's.
- Kentucky is the 36th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 23rd 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 9° of latitude (roughly 1,010 km) north of Kentucky.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kentucky would have about 23,210 m² and each person in New Brunswick about 93,840 m².
- Laid side by side, Kentucky and New Brunswick would cover 177,000 km², about the same size as Uruguay.
- Together they have 5.3 million people, about as many people as Costa Rica.
Side by side
| Kentucky | New Brunswick | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | ProvinceCanada |
| Area, measured | 105,000 km²40,400 mi² | 72,800 km²28,100 mi² |
| Official area | 105,000 km²Wikidata | 72,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 36th of 51in the United States | 11th of 13in Canada |
| Population | 4.5 millionWikidata, 2020 | 776,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 26th of 51in the United States | 8th of 13in Canada |
| Density | 43 per km² | 11 per km² |
| Capital | Frankfort | – |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 39°N | 45°N to 48°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 105,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 105,000 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