Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.06× the size of Montana

Newfoundland and Labrador (province of Canada) covers about 403,000 km² (156,000 mi²) and Montana (state of the United States) about 379,000 km² (147,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

403,000km²Newfoundland and Labrador
379,000km²Montana

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Newfoundland and Labrador
Montana

What fits

Montana is 94% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 23,800 km² (9,200 mi²), which is 6.3% of the area of Montana.
Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Montana about 12.4.

How they differ

Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Montana has the larger population: 1.1 million against 511,000, 2.12× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 2.9 in Montana against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Montana is 2.26× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,530 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Montana at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 1.35× the size of Montana instead of 1.06×.
Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Montana cover 783,000 km², close to the size of Turkey (780,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 23,800 km², is about the size of Rwanda (25,300 km²).
At Montana's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 1.2 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Montana would have 480,000 (it has 1.1 million).
Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 5.7° of latitude, about 630 km, farther north than Montana'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.
Montana is the 4th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 4.0% of its area; it is the 49th most densely populated of them.
Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 632 km) north of Montana.
Shared out evenly, each person in Newfoundland and Labrador would have about 789,980 m² and each person in Montana about 350,010 m².
Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Montana would cover 783,000 km², about the same size as Turkey.
Together they have 1.6 million people, 1.14× as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

	Newfoundland and Labrador	Montana
Is a	ProvinceCanada	StateUnited States
Area, measured	403,000 km²156,000 mi²	379,000 km²147,000 mi²
Official area	405,000 km²Wikidata	381,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 13in Canada	4th of 51in the United States
Population	511,000Wikidata, 2021	1.1 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	9th of 13in Canada	44th of 51in the United States
Density	1.3 per km²	2.9 per km²
Capital	St. John's	Helena
Latitude range	47°N to 60°N	44°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 381,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 379,000 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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