Nova Scotia is 2.00× the size of Alagoas
Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Alagoas (state of Brazil) about 27,600 km² (10,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 55,100km²Nova Scotia
- 27,600km²Alagoas
100 km
- Nova Scotia
- Alagoas
What fits
- Alagoas is 50% of the size of Nova Scotia.
- Nova Scotia is larger by 27,500 km² (10,600 mi²), which is 100% of the area of Alagoas.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Alagoas about 0.90.
How they differ
- Nova Scotia is larger, but Alagoas has the larger population: 3.1 million against 969,000, 3.23× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 113 in Alagoas against 18 in Nova Scotia: Alagoas is 6.44× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,640 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nova Scotia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Alagoas at 10°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 3.90× the size of Alagoas instead of 2.00×.
- Together Nova Scotia and Alagoas cover 82,700 km², close to the size of Austria (84,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 27,500 km², is about the size of Solomon Islands (27,200 km²).
- At Alagoas's density, Nova Scotia would have 6.2 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Alagoas would have 486,000 (it has 3.1 million).
- Nova Scotia's centre is 54.7° of latitude, about 6,080 km, farther north than Alagoas's.
- Nova Scotia is the 12th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Alagoas is the 25th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Nova Scotia lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,080 km) north of Alagoas, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Alagoas about 8,830 m².
- Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Alagoas would cover 82,700 km², about the same size as Austria.
- Together they have 4.1 million people, 1.04× as many people as Georgia.
Side by side
| Nova Scotia | Alagoas | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceCanada | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 55,100 km²21,300 mi² | 27,600 km²10,700 mi² |
| Official area | 55,300 km²Wikidata | 27,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 12th of 13in Canada | 25th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 969,000Wikidata, 2021 | 3.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 13in Canada | 19th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 18 per km² | 113 per km² |
| Capital | Halifax | Maceió |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 47°N | 11°S to 9°S |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 55,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,100 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 27,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,600 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