Nova Scotia is 1.16× the size of Lower Saxony
Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Lower Saxony (state of Germany) about 47,600 km² (18,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 55,100km²Nova Scotia
- 47,600km²Lower Saxony
100 km
- Nova Scotia
- Lower Saxony
What fits
- Lower Saxony is 86% of the size of Nova Scotia.
- Nova Scotia is larger by 7,510 km² (2,900 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Lower Saxony.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Lower Saxony about 1.55.
How they differ
- Nova Scotia is larger, but Lower Saxony has the larger population: 7.9 million against 969,000, 8.19× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 167 in Lower Saxony against 18 in Nova Scotia: Lower Saxony is 9.49× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,130 km apart.
- On a standard web map Lower Saxony looks larger than Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Lower Saxony at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 1.17× the size of Nova Scotia, when Nova Scotia is 1.16× the size of Lower Saxony.
- Together Nova Scotia and Lower Saxony cover 103,000 km², close to the size of Iceland (102,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 7,510 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Lower Saxony's density, Nova Scotia would have 9.2 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Lower Saxony would have 837,000 (it has 7.9 million).
- Lower Saxony's centre is 7.6° of latitude, about 850 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.
- Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Lower Saxony lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 846 km) north of Nova Scotia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Lower Saxony about 5,990 m².
- Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Lower Saxony would cover 103,000 km², about the same size as Iceland.
- Together they have 8.9 million people, about as many people as Papua New Guinea.
Side by side
| Nova Scotia | Lower Saxony | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceCanada | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 55,100 km²21,300 mi² | 47,600 km²18,400 mi² |
| Official area | 55,300 km²Wikidata | 47,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 12th of 13in Canada | 2nd of 16in Germany |
| Population | 969,000Wikidata, 2021 | 7.9 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 13in Canada | 4th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 18 per km² | 167 per km² |
| Capital | Halifax | Hanover |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 47°N | 51°N to 54°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 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 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