Nova Scotia is 1.30× the size of Jammu and Kashmir

Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Jammu and Kashmir (union territory of India) about 42,600 km² (16,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

55,100km²Nova Scotia
42,600km²Jammu and Kashmir

100 km

Nova Scotia
Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir: Part of this region's boundary is disputed with Pakistan. Size Versus draws Natural Earth's de facto outline, the boundary as it is held on the ground, and takes no position on it.

What fits

Jammu and Kashmir is 77% of the size of Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia is larger by 12,600 km² (4,850 mi²), which is 30% of the area of Jammu and Kashmir.
Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Jammu and Kashmir about 1.39.

How they differ

Nova Scotia is larger, but Jammu and Kashmir has the larger population: 12.3 million against 969,000, 12.6× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 288 in Jammu and Kashmir against 18 in Nova Scotia: Jammu and Kashmir is 16.4× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nova Scotia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Jammu and Kashmir at 34°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 1.81× the size of Jammu and Kashmir instead of 1.30×.
Together Nova Scotia and Jammu and Kashmir cover 97,700 km², close to the size of South Korea (98,500 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 12,600 km², is about the size of Bahamas (12,600 km²).
At Jammu and Kashmir's density, Nova Scotia would have 15.9 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Jammu and Kashmir would have 749,000 (it has 12.3 million).
Nova Scotia's centre is 11.6° of latitude, about 1,290 km, farther north than Jammu and Kashmir'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.
Jammu and Kashmir is the 22nd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
Nova Scotia lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,290 km) north of Jammu and Kashmir.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Jammu and Kashmir about 3,470 m².
Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Jammu and Kashmir would cover 97,700 km², about the same size as South Korea.
Together they have 13.2 million people, 97% as many people as Burundi.

Side by side

	Nova Scotia	Jammu and Kashmir
Is a	ProvinceCanada	Union TerritoryIndia
Area, measured	55,100 km²21,300 mi²	42,600 km²16,400 mi²
Official area	55,300 km²Wikidata	42,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 13in Canada	22nd of 36in India
Population	969,000Wikidata, 2021	12.3 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	7th of 13in Canada	20th of 36in India
Density	18 per km²	288 per km²
Capital	Halifax	Srinagar; Jammu
Latitude range	43°N to 47°N	32°N to 35°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2011. 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 42,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,600 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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