New Brunswick is 1.02× the size of United Arab Emirates

New Brunswick (province of Canada) covers about 72,800 km² (28,100 mi²) and United Arab Emirates (Asia) about 71,100 km² (27,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

72,800km²New Brunswick
71,100km²United Arab Emirates

100 km

New Brunswick
United Arab Emirates

What fits

United Arab Emirates is 98% of the size of New Brunswick.
New Brunswick is larger by 1,700 km² (656 mi²), which is 2.4% of the area of United Arab Emirates.
Measured in Belgiums: New Brunswick is about 2.37, United Arab Emirates about 2.32.

How they differ

New Brunswick is larger, but United Arab Emirates has the larger population: 9.9 million against 776,000, 12.8× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 139 in United Arab Emirates against 11 in New Brunswick: United Arab Emirates is 13.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,200 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: New Brunswick at 47°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and United Arab Emirates at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows New Brunswick as 1.81× the size of United Arab Emirates instead of 1.02×.
Together New Brunswick and United Arab Emirates cover 144,000 km², close to the size of Suriname (145,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,700 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At United Arab Emirates's density, New Brunswick would have 10.1 million people (it has 776,000). At New Brunswick's density, United Arab Emirates would have 758,000 (it has 9.9 million).
New Brunswick's centre is 22.7° of latitude, about 2,530 km, farther north than United Arab Emirates'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.
United Arab Emirates ranks 121st of 246 countries and territories by area.
New Brunswick lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,530 km) north of United Arab Emirates.
Shared out evenly, each person in New Brunswick would have about 93,840 m² and each person in United Arab Emirates about 7,190 m².
Laid side by side, New Brunswick and United Arab Emirates would cover 144,000 km², about the same size as Suriname.
Together they have 10.7 million people, about as many people as Sweden.
Counted as a country, New Brunswick would rank 119th by area and 166th by population.

Side by side

	New Brunswick	United Arab Emirates
Is a	ProvinceCanada	CountryAsia
Area, measured	72,800 km²28,100 mi²	71,100 km²27,400 mi²
Official area	72,900 km²Wikidata	83,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	11th of 13in Canada	120th of 239worldwide
Population	776,000Wikidata, 2021	9.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	8th of 13in Canada	92nd of 237worldwide
Density	11 per km²	139 per km²
Capital	–	Abu Dhabi
Latitude range	45°N to 48°N	23°N to 26°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. 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 71,100 km² is 15% below Wikidata's official figure of 83,600 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

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