New Brunswick is 1.29× the size of Paraíba
New Brunswick (province of Canada) covers about 72,800 km² (28,100 mi²) and Paraíba (state of Brazil) about 56,500 km² (21,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 72,800km²New Brunswick
- 56,500km²Paraíba
100 km
- New Brunswick
- Paraíba
What fits
- Paraíba is 78% of the size of New Brunswick.
- New Brunswick is larger by 16,300 km² (6,280 mi²), which is 29% of the area of Paraíba.
- Measured in Belgiums: New Brunswick is about 2.37, Paraíba about 1.84.
How they differ
- New Brunswick is larger, but Paraíba has the larger population: 4.0 million against 776,000, 5.12× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 70 in Paraíba against 11 in New Brunswick: Paraíba is 6.60× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,650 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: New Brunswick at 47°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Paraíba at 7°S about 1.0×, so the map shows New Brunswick as 2.69× the size of Paraíba instead of 1.29×.
- Together New Brunswick and Paraíba cover 129,000 km², close to the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 16,300 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
- At Paraíba's density, New Brunswick would have 5.1 million people (it has 776,000). At New Brunswick's density, Paraíba would have 602,000 (it has 4.0 million).
- New Brunswick's centre is 53.7° of latitude, about 5,980 km, farther north than Paraíba'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.
- Paraíba is the 21st largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- New Brunswick lies about 54° of latitude (roughly 5,980 km) north of Paraíba, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in New Brunswick would have about 93,840 m² and each person in Paraíba about 14,220 m².
- Laid side by side, New Brunswick and Paraíba would cover 129,000 km², about the same size as Nicaragua.
- Together they have 4.8 million people, about as many people as Mauritania.
Side by side
| New Brunswick | Paraíba | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceCanada | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 72,800 km²28,100 mi² | 56,500 km²21,800 mi² |
| Official area | 72,900 km²Wikidata | 56,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 11th of 13in Canada | 21st of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 776,000Wikidata, 2021 | 4.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 8th of 13in Canada | 13th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 11 per km² | 70 per km² |
| Capital | – | João Pessoa |
| Latitude range | 45°N to 48°N | 8°S to 6°S |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 72,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 72,800 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 56,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 56,500 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