Louisiana is 1.64× the size of New Brunswick
Louisiana (state of the United States) covers about 120,000 km² (46,200 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.
- 120,000km²Louisiana
- 72,800km²New Brunswick
100 km
- Louisiana
- New Brunswick
What fits
- New Brunswick is 61% of the size of Louisiana.
- Louisiana is larger by 46,800 km² (18,100 mi²), which is 64% of the area of New Brunswick.
- Measured in Belgiums: Louisiana is about 3.90, New Brunswick about 2.37.
How they differ
- Louisiana also has the larger population: 4.7 million against 776,000, 6.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 39 in Louisiana against 11 in New Brunswick: Louisiana is 3.66× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,790 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Louisiana at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and New Brunswick at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Louisiana as 1.06× the size of New Brunswick instead of 1.64×.
- Together Louisiana and New Brunswick cover 192,000 km², close to the size of Senegal (196,000 km², 2.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 46,800 km², is about the size of Estonia (45,800 km²).
- At New Brunswick's density, Louisiana would have 1.3 million people (it has 4.7 million). At Louisiana's density, New Brunswick would have 2.8 million (it has 776,000).
- New Brunswick's centre is 15.5° of latitude, about 1,730 km, farther north than Louisiana's.
- Louisiana is the 32nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 26th 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 16° of latitude (roughly 1,730 km) north of Louisiana.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Louisiana would have about 25,670 m² and each person in New Brunswick about 93,840 m².
- Laid side by side, Louisiana and New Brunswick would cover 192,000 km², about the same size as Senegal.
- Together they have 5.4 million people, about as many people as Slovakia.
Side by side
| Louisiana | New Brunswick | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | ProvinceCanada |
| Area, measured | 120,000 km²46,200 mi² | 72,800 km²28,100 mi² |
| Official area | 135,000 km²Wikidata | 72,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 32nd of 51in the United States | 11th of 13in Canada |
| Population | 4.7 millionWikidata, 2020 | 776,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 25th of 51in the United States | 8th of 13in Canada |
| Density | 39 per km² | 11 per km² |
| Capital | Baton Rouge | – |
| Latitude range | 29°N to 33°N | 45°N to 48°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 120,000 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 135,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- 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