New Brunswick is 1.80× the size of Bhutan
New Brunswick (province of Canada) covers about 72,800 km² (28,100 mi²) and Bhutan (Asia) about 40,400 km² (15,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 72,800km²New Brunswick
- 40,400km²Bhutan
100 km
- New Brunswick
- Bhutan
What fits
- Bhutan is 56% of the size of New Brunswick.
- New Brunswick is larger by 32,400 km² (12,500 mi²), which is 80% of the area of Bhutan.
- Measured in Belgiums: New Brunswick is about 2.37, Bhutan about 1.32.
How they differ
- New Brunswick is larger, but Bhutan has the larger population: 787,000 against 776,000, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 19 in Bhutan against 11 in New Brunswick: Bhutan is 1.83× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,500 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: New Brunswick at 47°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Bhutan at 27°N about 1.3×, so the map shows New Brunswick as 3.01× the size of Bhutan instead of 1.80×.
- Together New Brunswick and Bhutan cover 113,000 km², close to the size of Bulgaria (113,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 32,400 km², is about the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km²).
- At Bhutan's density, New Brunswick would have 1.4 million people (it has 776,000). At New Brunswick's density, Bhutan would have 431,000 (it has 787,000).
- New Brunswick's centre is 19.2° of latitude, about 2,130 km, farther north than Bhutan'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.
- Bhutan ranks 136th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- New Brunswick lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,130 km) north of Bhutan.
- Shared out evenly, each person in New Brunswick would have about 93,840 m² and each person in Bhutan about 51,330 m².
- Laid side by side, New Brunswick and Bhutan would cover 113,000 km², about the same size as Bulgaria.
- Together they have 1.6 million people, 1.12× as many people as East Timor.
- Counted as a country, New Brunswick would rank 119th by area and 166th by population.
Side by side
| New Brunswick | Bhutan | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceCanada | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 72,800 km²28,100 mi² | 40,400 km²15,600 mi² |
| Official area | 72,900 km²Wikidata | 38,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 11th of 13in Canada | 135th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 776,000Wikidata, 2021 | 787,000Wikidata, 2023 |
| Rank by population | 8th of 13in Canada | 165th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 11 per km² | 19 per km² |
| Capital | – | Thimphu |
| Latitude range | 45°N to 48°N | 27°N to 28°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2023. 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 40,400 km² is 5.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 38,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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