Nova Scotia is 1.20× the size of Espírito Santo

Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Espírito Santo (state of Brazil) about 45,800 km² (17,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

55,100km²Nova Scotia
45,800km²Espírito Santo

100 km

Nova Scotia
Espírito Santo

What fits

Espírito Santo is 83% of the size of Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia is larger by 9,300 km² (3,590 mi²), which is 20% of the area of Espírito Santo.
Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Espírito Santo about 1.49.

How they differ

Nova Scotia is larger, but Espírito Santo has the larger population: 3.8 million against 969,000, 3.95× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 84 in Espírito Santo against 18 in Nova Scotia: Espírito Santo is 4.76× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,550 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nova Scotia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Espírito Santo at 20°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 2.15× the size of Espírito Santo instead of 1.20×.
Together Nova Scotia and Espírito Santo cover 101,000 km², close to the size of Iceland (102,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 9,300 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Espírito Santo's density, Nova Scotia would have 4.6 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Espírito Santo would have 806,000 (it has 3.8 million).
Nova Scotia's centre is 64.7° of latitude, about 7,200 km, farther north than Espírito Santo'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.
Espírito Santo is the 23rd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Nova Scotia lies about 65° of latitude (roughly 7,200 km) north of Espírito Santo, 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 Espírito Santo about 11,950 m².
Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Espírito Santo would cover 101,000 km², about the same size as Iceland.
Together they have 4.8 million people, about as many people as Oman.

Side by side

	Nova Scotia	Espírito Santo
Is a	ProvinceCanada	StateBrazil
Area, measured	55,100 km²21,300 mi²	45,800 km²17,700 mi²
Official area	55,300 km²Wikidata	46,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 13in Canada	23rd of 27in Brazil
Population	969,000Wikidata, 2021	3.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	7th of 13in Canada	15th of 27in Brazil
Density	18 per km²	84 per km²
Capital	Halifax	Vitória
Latitude range	43°N to 47°N	21°S to 18°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 46,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 45,800 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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