New Brunswick is 1.01× the size of Baja California Sur

New Brunswick (province of Canada) covers about 72,800 km² (28,100 mi²) and Baja California Sur (state of Mexico) about 72,100 km² (27,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

72,800km²New Brunswick
72,100km²Baja California Sur

100 km

New Brunswick
Baja California Sur

What fits

Baja California Sur is 99% of the size of New Brunswick.
New Brunswick is larger by 656 km² (253 mi²), which is 0.9% of the area of Baja California Sur.
Measured in Belgiums: New Brunswick is about 2.37, Baja California Sur about 2.35.

How they differ

New Brunswick also has the larger population: 776,000 against 637,000, 1.22× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 11 in New Brunswick against 8.8 in Baja California Sur: New Brunswick is 1.21× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,610 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: New Brunswick at 47°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Baja California Sur at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows New Brunswick as 1.73× the size of Baja California Sur instead of 1.01×.
Together New Brunswick and Baja California Sur cover 145,000 km², close to the size of Suriname (145,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
At Baja California Sur's density, New Brunswick would have 643,000 people (it has 776,000). At New Brunswick's density, Baja California Sur would have 769,000 (it has 637,000).
New Brunswick's centre is 20.7° of latitude, about 2,300 km, farther north than Baja California Sur's.
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.
Baja California Sur is the 11th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
New Brunswick lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,300 km) north of Baja California Sur.
Shared out evenly, each person in New Brunswick would have about 93,840 m² and each person in Baja California Sur about 113,220 m².
Laid side by side, New Brunswick and Baja California Sur would cover 145,000 km², about the same size as Suriname.
Together they have 1.4 million people, about as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

	New Brunswick	Baja California Sur
Is a	ProvinceCanada	StateMexico
Area, measured	72,800 km²28,100 mi²	72,100 km²27,800 mi²
Official area	72,900 km²Wikidata	73,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	11th of 13in Canada	11th of 32in Mexico
Population	776,000Wikidata, 2021	637,000Wikidata, 2010
Rank by population	8th of 13in Canada	32nd of 32in Mexico
Density	11 per km²	8.8 per km²
Capital	–	La Paz
Latitude range	45°N to 48°N	23°N to 28°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2010. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 72,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 72,800 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 72,100 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 73,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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