Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.01× the size of Paraguay

What fits

• Paraguay is 99% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 3,420 km² (1,320 mi²), which is 0.9% of the area of Paraguay.
• Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Paraguay about 13.0.

How they differ

• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Paraguay has the larger population: 6.8 million against 511,000, 13.3× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 17 in Paraguay against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Paraguay is 13.5× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,450 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Paraguay at 23°S about 1.2×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 2.32× the size of Paraguay instead of 1.01×.
• Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Paraguay cover 803,000 km², close to the size of Mozambique (788,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
• At Paraguay's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 6.9 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Paraguay would have 506,000 (it has 6.8 million).
• Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 75.9° of latitude, about 8,450 km, farther north than Paraguay'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.
• Paraguay ranks 61st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 76° of latitude (roughly 8,450 km) north of Paraguay, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Newfoundland and Labrador would have about 789,980 m² and each person in Paraguay about 58,710 m².
• Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Paraguay would cover 803,000 km², about the same size as Mozambique.
• Together they have 7.3 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.
• Counted as a country, Newfoundland and Labrador would rank 60th by area and 173rd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2017. 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 407,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 400,000 km², to within 2%.

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