Nova Scotia is 1.72× the size of Hauts-de-France

Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Hauts-de-France (region of France) about 32,000 km² (12,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

55,100km²Nova Scotia
32,000km²Hauts-de-France

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Nova Scotia
Hauts-de-France

What fits

Hauts-de-France is 58% of the size of Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia is larger by 23,100 km² (8,930 mi²), which is 72% of the area of Hauts-de-France.
Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Hauts-de-France about 1.04.

How they differ

Nova Scotia is larger, but Hauts-de-France has the larger population: 6.0 million against 969,000, 6.19× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 188 in Hauts-de-France against 18 in Nova Scotia: Hauts-de-France is 10.7× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,830 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nova Scotia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Hauts-de-France at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 1.43× the size of Hauts-de-France instead of 1.72×.
Together Nova Scotia and Hauts-de-France cover 87,100 km², close to the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km², 1.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 23,100 km², is about the size of Belize (22,300 km²).
At Hauts-de-France's density, Nova Scotia would have 10.3 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Hauts-de-France would have 563,000 (it has 6.0 million).
Hauts-de-France's centre is 4.8° of latitude, about 530 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.
Hauts-de-France is the 9th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Hauts-de-France lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 534 km) north of Nova Scotia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Hauts-de-France about 5,330 m².
Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Hauts-de-France would cover 87,100 km², about the same size as Azerbaijan.
Together they have 7.0 million people, about as many people as Laos.

Side by side

	Nova Scotia	Hauts-de-France
Is a	ProvinceCanada	RegionFrance
Area, measured	55,100 km²21,300 mi²	32,000 km²12,400 mi²
Official area	55,300 km²Wikidata	31,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 13in Canada	9th of 18in France
Population	969,000Wikidata, 2021	6.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	7th of 13in Canada	5th of 18in France
Density	18 per km²	188 per km²
Capital	Halifax	Lille
Latitude range	43°N to 47°N	49°N to 51°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 31,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,000 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 Hauts-de-France 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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