Nova Scotia is 1.83× the size of Brandenburg

Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Brandenburg (state of Germany) about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

55,100km²Nova Scotia
30,000km²Brandenburg

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Nova Scotia
Brandenburg

What fits

Brandenburg is 55% of the size of Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia is larger by 25,100 km² (9,680 mi²), which is 83% of the area of Brandenburg.
Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Brandenburg about 0.98.

How they differ

Nova Scotia is larger, but Brandenburg has the larger population: 2.5 million against 969,000, 2.61× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 84 in Brandenburg against 18 in Nova Scotia: Brandenburg is 4.80× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,410 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nova Scotia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Brandenburg at 52°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 1.37× the size of Brandenburg instead of 1.83×.
Together Nova Scotia and Brandenburg cover 85,100 km², close to the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km², 1.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 25,100 km², is about the size of Rwanda (25,300 km²).
At Brandenburg's density, Nova Scotia would have 4.6 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Brandenburg would have 528,000 (it has 2.5 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 7.3° of latitude, about 810 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.
Brandenburg is the 5th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 8.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Brandenburg lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 813 km) north of Nova Scotia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Brandenburg about 11,850 m².
Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Brandenburg would cover 85,100 km², about the same size as Azerbaijan.
Together they have 3.5 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

	Nova Scotia	Brandenburg
Is a	ProvinceCanada	StateGermany
Area, measured	55,100 km²21,300 mi²	30,000 km²11,600 mi²
Official area	55,300 km²Wikidata	29,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 13in Canada	5th of 16in Germany
Population	969,000Wikidata, 2021	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	7th of 13in Canada	10th of 16in Germany
Density	18 per km²	84 per km²
Capital	Halifax	Potsdam
Latitude range	43°N to 47°N	51°N to 54°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 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 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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