Nova Scotia is 1.46× the size of Kerala
Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Kerala (state of India) about 37,700 km² (14,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 55,100km²Nova Scotia
- 37,700km²Kerala
100 km
- Nova Scotia
- Kerala
What fits
- Kerala is 68% of the size of Nova Scotia.
- Nova Scotia is larger by 17,400 km² (6,710 mi²), which is 46% of the area of Kerala.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Kerala about 1.23.
How they differ
- Nova Scotia is larger, but Kerala has the larger population: 33.4 million against 969,000, 34.5× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 886 in Kerala against 18 in Nova Scotia: Kerala is 50.3× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nova Scotia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Kerala at 10°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 2.84× the size of Kerala instead of 1.46×.
- Together Nova Scotia and Kerala cover 92,800 km², close to the size of Hungary (93,200 km², 0.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 17,400 km², is about the size of Kuwait (17,500 km²).
- At Kerala's density, Nova Scotia would have 48.8 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Kerala would have 664,000 (it has 33.4 million).
- Nova Scotia's centre is 34.7° of latitude, about 3,860 km, farther north than Kerala'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.
- Kerala is the 23rd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Nova Scotia lies about 35° of latitude (roughly 3,860 km) north of Kerala.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Kerala about 1,130 m².
- Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Kerala would cover 92,800 km², about the same size as Hungary.
- Together they have 34.4 million people, about as many people as Malaysia.
Side by side
| Nova Scotia | Kerala | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceCanada | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 55,100 km²21,300 mi² | 37,700 km²14,600 mi² |
| Official area | 55,300 km²Wikidata | 38,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 12th of 13in Canada | 23rd of 36in India |
| Population | 969,000Wikidata, 2021 | 33.4 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 13in Canada | 13th of 36in India |
| Density | 18 per km² | 886 per km² |
| Capital | Halifax | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 47°N | 8°N to 13°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%.
- Our measured 37,700 km² is 2.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 38,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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