Nova Scotia is 1.31× the size of Extremadura

Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Extremadura (autonomous community of Spain) about 42,100 km² (16,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

55,100km²Nova Scotia
42,100km²Extremadura

100 km

Nova Scotia
Extremadura

What fits

Extremadura is 76% of the size of Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia is larger by 13,000 km² (5,020 mi²), which is 31% of the area of Extremadura.
Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Extremadura about 1.37.

How they differ

Nova Scotia is larger, but Extremadura has the larger population: 1.1 million against 969,000, 1.09× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 25 in Extremadura against 18 in Nova Scotia: Extremadura is 1.42× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,660 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nova Scotia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Extremadura at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 1.58× the size of Extremadura instead of 1.31×.
Together Nova Scotia and Extremadura cover 97,200 km², close to the size of South Korea (98,500 km², 1.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 13,000 km², is about the size of Bahamas (12,600 km²).
At Extremadura's density, Nova Scotia would have 1.4 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Extremadura would have 741,000 (it has 1.1 million).
Nova Scotia's centre is 6.0° of latitude, about 660 km, farther north than Extremadura'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.
Extremadura is the 5th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 8.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
Nova Scotia lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 664 km) north of Extremadura.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Extremadura about 39,990 m².
Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Extremadura would cover 97,200 km², about the same size as South Korea.
Together they have 2.0 million people, about as many people as Gabon.

Side by side

	Nova Scotia	Extremadura
Is a	ProvinceCanada	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	55,100 km²21,300 mi²	42,100 km²16,300 mi²
Official area	55,300 km²Wikidata	41,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 13in Canada	5th of 19in Spain
Population	969,000Wikidata, 2021	1.1 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	7th of 13in Canada	13th of 19in Spain
Density	18 per km²	25 per km²
Capital	Halifax	Mérida
Latitude range	43°N to 47°N	38°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024. 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 41,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,100 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 Extremadura is the provinces 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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