Nova Scotia is 1.83× the size of Normandy
Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Normandy (region of France) about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 55,100km²Nova Scotia
- 30,100km²Normandy
100 km
- Nova Scotia
- Normandy
What fits
- Normandy is 55% of the size of Nova Scotia.
- Nova Scotia is larger by 25,000 km² (9,640 mi²), which is 83% of the area of Normandy.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Normandy about 0.98.
How they differ
- Nova Scotia is larger, but Normandy has the larger population: 3.3 million against 969,000, 3.44× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 111 in Normandy against 18 in Nova Scotia: Normandy is 6.30× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,680 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nova Scotia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Normandy at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 1.58× the size of Normandy instead of 1.83×.
- Together Nova Scotia and Normandy cover 85,200 km², close to the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km², 1.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 25,000 km², is about the size of Rwanda (25,300 km²).
- At Normandy's density, Nova Scotia would have 6.1 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Normandy would have 530,000 (it has 3.3 million).
- Normandy's centre is 4.0° of latitude, about 440 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.
- Normandy is the 11th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Normandy lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 440 km) north of Nova Scotia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Normandy about 9,020 m².
- Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Normandy would cover 85,200 km², about the same size as Azerbaijan.
- Together they have 4.3 million people, 97% as many people as Kuwait.
Side by side
| Nova Scotia | Normandy | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceCanada | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 55,100 km²21,300 mi² | 30,100 km²11,600 mi² |
| Official area | 55,300 km²Wikidata | 29,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 12th of 13in Canada | 11th of 18in France |
| Population | 969,000Wikidata, 2021 | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 13in Canada | 10th of 18in France |
| Density | 18 per km² | 111 per km² |
| Capital | Halifax | Rouen |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 47°N | 48°N to 50°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 29,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 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 Normandy 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