Nova Scotia is 1.15× the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (region of France) about 48,000 km² (18,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

55,100km²Nova Scotia
48,000km²Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

100 km

Nova Scotia
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

What fits

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 87% of the size of Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia is larger by 7,110 km² (2,750 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté about 1.56.

How they differ

Nova Scotia is larger, but Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has the larger population: 2.8 million against 969,000, 2.89× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 58 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté against 18 in Nova Scotia: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 3.32× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,080 km apart.
Together Nova Scotia and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté cover 103,000 km², close to the size of Iceland (102,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 7,110 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's density, Nova Scotia would have 3.2 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have 844,000 (it has 2.8 million).
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's centre is 2.1° of latitude, about 230 km, farther north than Nova Scotia'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.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is the 6th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 7.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 231 km) north of Nova Scotia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté about 17,120 m².
Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would cover 103,000 km², about the same size as Iceland.
Together they have 3.8 million people, about as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Side by side

	Nova Scotia	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Is a	ProvinceCanada	RegionFrance
Area, measured	55,100 km²21,300 mi²	48,000 km²18,500 mi²
Official area	55,300 km²Wikidata	47,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 13in Canada	6th of 18in France
Population	969,000Wikidata, 2021	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	7th of 13in Canada	11th of 18in France
Density	18 per km²	58 per km²
Capital	Halifax	Dijon; Besançon
Latitude range	43°N to 47°N	46°N to 48°N

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 47,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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