Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.90× the size of Kansas

Newfoundland and Labrador (province of Canada) covers about 403,000 km² (156,000 mi²) and Kansas (state of the United States) about 213,000 km² (82,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

403,000km²Newfoundland and Labrador
213,000km²Kansas

200 km

Newfoundland and Labrador
Kansas

What fits

Kansas is 53% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 190,000 km² (73,600 mi²), which is 90% of the area of Kansas.
Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Kansas about 6.94.

How they differ

Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Kansas has the larger population: 2.9 million against 511,000, 5.75× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 14 in Kansas against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Kansas is 10.9× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,310 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Kansas at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 3.17× the size of Kansas instead of 1.90×.
Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Kansas cover 616,000 km², close to the size of Central African Republic (618,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 190,000 km², is about the size of Syria (186,000 km²).
At Kansas's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 5.6 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Kansas would have 269,000 (it has 2.9 million).
Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 14.2° of latitude, about 1,580 km, farther north than Kansas'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.
Kansas is the 15th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 42nd most densely populated of them.
Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,580 km) north of Kansas.
Shared out evenly, each person in Newfoundland and Labrador would have about 789,980 m² and each person in Kansas about 72,440 m².
Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Kansas would cover 616,000 km², about the same size as the Central African Republic.
Together they have 3.4 million people, about as many people as Uruguay.

Side by side

	Newfoundland and Labrador	Kansas
Is a	ProvinceCanada	StateUnited States
Area, measured	403,000 km²156,000 mi²	213,000 km²82,200 mi²
Official area	405,000 km²Wikidata	213,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 13in Canada	15th of 51in the United States
Population	511,000Wikidata, 2021	2.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	9th of 13in Canada	35th of 51in the United States
Density	1.3 per km²	14 per km²
Capital	St. John's	Topeka
Latitude range	47°N to 60°N	37°N to 40°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 213,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 213,000 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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