Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.32× the size of Maharashtra

Newfoundland and Labrador (province of Canada) covers about 403,000 km² (156,000 mi²) and Maharashtra (state of India) about 307,000 km² (118,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

403,000km²Newfoundland and Labrador
307,000km²Maharashtra

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Newfoundland and Labrador
Maharashtra

What fits

Maharashtra is 76% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 96,800 km² (37,400 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Maharashtra.
Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Maharashtra about 10.00.

How they differ

Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Maharashtra has the larger population: 112.4 million against 511,000, 220× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 367 in Maharashtra against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Maharashtra is 290× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Maharashtra at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 3.19× the size of Maharashtra instead of 1.32×.
Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Maharashtra cover 710,000 km², close to the size of Chile (736,000 km², 3.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 96,800 km², is about the size of Liberia (95,300 km²).
At Maharashtra's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 147.8 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Maharashtra would have 388,000 (it has 112.4 million).
Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 33.3° of latitude, about 3,700 km, farther north than Maharashtra'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.
Maharashtra is the 3rd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 9.7% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 33° of latitude (roughly 3,700 km) north of Maharashtra.
Shared out evenly, each person in Newfoundland and Labrador would have about 789,980 m² and each person in Maharashtra about 2,730 m².
Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Maharashtra would cover 710,000 km², 96% of the size of Chile.
Together they have 112.9 million people, about as many people as the Philippines.

Side by side

	Newfoundland and Labrador	Maharashtra
Is a	ProvinceCanada	StateIndia
Area, measured	403,000 km²156,000 mi²	307,000 km²118,000 mi²
Official area	405,000 km²Wikidata	308,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 13in Canada	3rd of 36in India
Population	511,000Wikidata, 2021	112.4 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	9th of 13in Canada	2nd of 36in India
Density	1.3 per km²	367 per km²
Capital	St. John's	Mumbai; Nagpur
Latitude range	47°N to 60°N	16°N to 22°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2011. 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 308,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 307,000 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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