Nova Scotia is 1.06× the size of Ningxia
Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Ningxia (autonomous region of China) about 52,100 km² (20,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 55,100km²Nova Scotia
- 52,100km²Ningxia
100 km
- Nova Scotia
- Ningxia
What fits
- Ningxia is 95% of the size of Nova Scotia.
- Nova Scotia is larger by 2,970 km² (1,150 mi²), which is 5.7% of the area of Ningxia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Ningxia about 1.70.
How they differ
- Nova Scotia is larger, but Ningxia has the larger population: 7.2 million against 969,000, 7.43× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 138 in Ningxia against 18 in Nova Scotia: Ningxia is 7.85× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,800 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nova Scotia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Ningxia at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 1.35× the size of Ningxia instead of 1.06×.
- Together Nova Scotia and Ningxia cover 107,000 km², close to the size of Guatemala (109,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 2,970 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
- At Ningxia's density, Nova Scotia would have 7.6 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Ningxia would have 917,000 (it has 7.2 million).
- Nova Scotia's centre is 7.9° of latitude, about 880 km, farther north than Ningxia'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.
- Ningxia is the 27th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Nova Scotia lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 879 km) north of Ningxia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Ningxia about 7,240 m².
- Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Ningxia would cover 107,000 km², about the same size as Guatemala.
- Together they have 8.2 million people, about as many people as Honduras.
Side by side
| Nova Scotia | Ningxia | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceCanada | Autonomous RegionChina |
| Area, measured | 55,100 km²21,300 mi² | 52,100 km²20,100 mi² |
| Official area | 55,300 km²Wikidata | 52,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 12th of 13in Canada | 27th of 31in China |
| Population | 969,000Wikidata, 2021 | 7.2 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 13in Canada | 29th of 31in China |
| Density | 18 per km² | 138 per km² |
| Capital | Halifax | Yinchuan |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 47°N | 35°N to 39°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. 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 52,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,100 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