North Carolina is 1.75× the size of New Brunswick

North Carolina (state of the United States) covers about 128,000 km² (49,300 mi²) and New Brunswick (province of Canada) about 72,800 km² (28,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

128,000km²North Carolina
72,800km²New Brunswick

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North Carolina
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What fits

New Brunswick is 57% of the size of North Carolina.
North Carolina is larger by 54,900 km² (21,200 mi²), which is 75% of the area of New Brunswick.
Measured in Belgiums: North Carolina is about 4.16, New Brunswick about 2.37.

How they differ

North Carolina also has the larger population: 10.4 million against 776,000, 13.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 82 in North Carolina against 11 in New Brunswick: North Carolina is 7.67× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,640 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: North Carolina at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and New Brunswick at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows North Carolina as 1.25× the size of New Brunswick instead of 1.75×.
Together North Carolina and New Brunswick cover 200,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 54,900 km², is about the size of Croatia (55,000 km²).
At New Brunswick's density, North Carolina would have 1.4 million people (it has 10.4 million). At North Carolina's density, New Brunswick would have 6.0 million (it has 776,000).
New Brunswick's centre is 11.1° of latitude, about 1,230 km, farther north than North Carolina's.
North Carolina is the 30th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
New Brunswick is the 11th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
New Brunswick lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,230 km) north of North Carolina.
Shared out evenly, each person in North Carolina would have about 12,230 m² and each person in New Brunswick about 93,840 m².
Laid side by side, North Carolina and New Brunswick would cover 200,000 km², about the same size as Kyrgyzstan.
Together they have 11.2 million people, about as many people as Somalia.

Side by side

	North Carolina	New Brunswick
Is a	StateUnited States	ProvinceCanada
Area, measured	128,000 km²49,300 mi²	72,800 km²28,100 mi²
Official area	139,000 km²Wikidata	72,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	30th of 51in the United States	11th of 13in Canada
Population	10.4 millionWikidata, 2020	776,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	9th of 51in the United States	8th of 13in Canada
Density	82 per km²	11 per km²
Capital	Raleigh	–
Latitude range	34°N to 37°N	45°N to 48°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 128,000 km² is 8.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 139,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 72,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 72,800 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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