Nova Scotia is 1.72× the size of Pays de la Loire
Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Pays de la Loire (region of France) about 32,100 km² (12,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 55,100km²Nova Scotia
- 32,100km²Pays de la Loire
100 km
- Nova Scotia
- Pays de la Loire
What fits
- Pays de la Loire is 58% of the size of Nova Scotia.
- Nova Scotia is larger by 23,000 km² (8,870 mi²), which is 72% of the area of Pays de la Loire.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Pays de la Loire about 1.05.
How they differ
- Nova Scotia is larger, but Pays de la Loire has the larger population: 3.9 million against 969,000, 4.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 121 in Pays de la Loire against 18 in Nova Scotia: Pays de la Loire is 6.86× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,680 km apart.
- Together Nova Scotia and Pays de la Loire cover 87,200 km², close to the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km², 1.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 23,000 km², is about the size of Belize (22,300 km²).
- At Pays de la Loire's density, Nova Scotia would have 6.7 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Pays de la Loire would have 565,000 (it has 3.9 million).
- Pays de la Loire's centre is 2.3° of latitude, about 260 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.
- Pays de la Loire is the 8th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Pays de la Loire lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 258 km) north of Nova Scotia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Pays de la Loire about 8,280 m².
- Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Pays de la Loire would cover 87,200 km², about the same size as Azerbaijan.
- Together they have 4.8 million people, about as many people as Oman.
Side by side
| Nova Scotia | Pays de la Loire | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceCanada | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 55,100 km²21,300 mi² | 32,100 km²12,400 mi² |
| Official area | 55,300 km²Wikidata | 32,100 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 12th of 13in Canada | 8th of 18in France |
| Population | 969,000Wikidata, 2021 | 3.9 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 13in Canada | 8th of 18in France |
| Density | 18 per km² | 121 per km² |
| Capital | Halifax | Nantes |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 47°N | 46°N to 49°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 32,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,100 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 Pays de la Loire 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