Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.87× the size of Idaho

Newfoundland and Labrador (province of Canada) covers about 403,000 km² (156,000 mi²) and Idaho (state of the United States) about 216,000 km² (83,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

403,000km²Newfoundland and Labrador
216,000km²Idaho

200 km

Newfoundland and Labrador
Idaho

What fits

Idaho is 54% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 187,000 km² (72,200 mi²), which is 87% of the area of Idaho.
Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Idaho about 7.05.

How they differ

Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Idaho has the larger population: 1.8 million against 511,000, 3.60× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 8.5 in Idaho against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Idaho is 6.72× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,010 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Idaho at 44°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 2.60× the size of Idaho instead of 1.87×.
Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Idaho cover 620,000 km², close to the size of Central African Republic (618,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 187,000 km², is about the size of Syria (186,000 km²).
At Idaho's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 3.4 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Idaho would have 274,000 (it has 1.8 million).
Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 8.4° of latitude, about 930 km, farther north than Idaho's.
Newfoundland and Labrador is the 10th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Idaho is the 14th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 45th most densely populated of them.
Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 932 km) north of Idaho.
Shared out evenly, each person in Newfoundland and Labrador would have about 789,980 m² and each person in Idaho about 117,590 m².
Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Idaho would cover 620,000 km², about the same size as the Central African Republic.
Together they have 2.3 million people, about as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

	Newfoundland and Labrador	Idaho
Is a	ProvinceCanada	StateUnited States
Area, measured	403,000 km²156,000 mi²	216,000 km²83,500 mi²
Official area	405,000 km²Wikidata	217,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 13in Canada	14th of 51in the United States
Population	511,000Wikidata, 2021	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	9th of 13in Canada	38th of 51in the United States
Density	1.3 per km²	8.5 per km²
Capital	St. John's	Boise
Latitude range	47°N to 60°N	42°N to 49°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 405,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 403,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 217,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 216,000 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

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