Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.61× the size of Michigan

Newfoundland and Labrador (province of Canada) covers about 403,000 km² (156,000 mi²) and Michigan (state of the United States) about 250,000 km² (96,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

403,000km²Newfoundland and Labrador
250,000km²Michigan

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Newfoundland and Labrador
Michigan

What fits

Michigan is 62% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 153,000 km² (59,200 mi²), which is 61% of the area of Michigan.
Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Michigan about 8.15.

How they differ

Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Michigan has the larger population: 10.1 million against 511,000, 19.7× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 40 in Michigan against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Michigan is 31.8× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,050 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Michigan at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 2.21× the size of Michigan instead of 1.61×.
Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Michigan cover 653,000 km², close to the size of Myanmar (663,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 153,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
At Michigan's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 16.3 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Michigan would have 317,000 (it has 10.1 million).
Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 7.9° of latitude, about 880 km, farther north than Michigan'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.
Michigan is the 11th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 878 km) north of Michigan.
Shared out evenly, each person in Newfoundland and Labrador would have about 789,980 m² and each person in Michigan about 24,810 m².
Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Michigan would cover 653,000 km², about the same size as Myanmar.
Together they have 10.6 million people, about as many people as Sweden.

Side by side

	Newfoundland and Labrador	Michigan
Is a	ProvinceCanada	StateUnited States
Area, measured	403,000 km²156,000 mi²	250,000 km²96,500 mi²
Official area	405,000 km²Wikidata	250,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 13in Canada	11th of 51in the United States
Population	511,000Wikidata, 2021	10.1 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	9th of 13in Canada	10th of 51in the United States
Density	1.3 per km²	40 per km²
Capital	St. John's	Lansing
Latitude range	47°N to 60°N	42°N to 48°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 250,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 250,000 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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