Nova Scotia is 1.59× the size of Puebla
Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Puebla (state of Mexico) about 34,600 km² (13,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 55,100km²Nova Scotia
- 34,600km²Puebla
100 km
- Nova Scotia
- Puebla
What fits
- Puebla is 63% of the size of Nova Scotia.
- Nova Scotia is larger by 20,500 km² (7,920 mi²), which is 59% of the area of Puebla.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Puebla about 1.13.
How they differ
- Nova Scotia is larger, but Puebla has the larger population: 6.2 million against 969,000, 6.36× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 178 in Puebla against 18 in Nova Scotia: Puebla is 10.1× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,310 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nova Scotia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Puebla at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 2.86× the size of Puebla instead of 1.59×.
- Together Nova Scotia and Puebla cover 89,700 km², close to the size of Western Sahara (90,500 km², 0.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 20,500 km², is about the size of El Salvador (20,500 km²).
- At Puebla's density, Nova Scotia would have 9.8 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Puebla would have 608,000 (it has 6.2 million).
- Nova Scotia's centre is 26.1° of latitude, about 2,910 km, farther north than Puebla'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.
- Puebla is the 21st largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
- Nova Scotia lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,910 km) north of Puebla.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Puebla about 5,610 m².
- Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Puebla would cover 89,700 km², about the same size as Jordan.
- Together they have 7.1 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.
Side by side
| Nova Scotia | Puebla | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceCanada | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 55,100 km²21,300 mi² | 34,600 km²13,400 mi² |
| Official area | 55,300 km²Wikidata | 34,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 12th of 13in Canada | 21st of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 969,000Wikidata, 2021 | 6.2 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 13in Canada | 5th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 18 per km² | 178 per km² |
| Capital | Halifax | Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 47°N | 18°N to 21°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2015. 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 34,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 34,600 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