Nova Scotia is 1.26× the size of Quintana Roo

Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Quintana Roo (state of Mexico) about 43,900 km² (16,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

55,100km²Nova Scotia
43,900km²Quintana Roo

100 km

Nova Scotia
Quintana Roo

What fits

Quintana Roo is 80% of the size of Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia is larger by 11,200 km² (4,340 mi²), which is 26% of the area of Quintana Roo.
Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Quintana Roo about 1.43.

How they differ

Nova Scotia is larger, but Quintana Roo has the larger population: 1.9 million against 969,000, 1.92× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 42 in Quintana Roo against 18 in Nova Scotia: Quintana Roo is 2.41× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,630 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nova Scotia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Quintana Roo at 20°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 2.24× the size of Quintana Roo instead of 1.26×.
Together Nova Scotia and Quintana Roo cover 99,000 km², close to the size of South Korea (98,500 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 11,200 km², is about the size of Qatar (11,200 km²).
At Quintana Roo's density, Nova Scotia would have 2.3 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Quintana Roo would have 772,000 (it has 1.9 million).
Nova Scotia's centre is 25.5° of latitude, about 2,830 km, farther north than Quintana Roo'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.
Quintana Roo is the 19th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
Nova Scotia lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,830 km) north of Quintana Roo.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Quintana Roo about 23,610 m².
Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Quintana Roo would cover 99,000 km², about the same size as South Korea.
Together they have 2.8 million people, about as many people as Albania.

Side by side

	Nova Scotia	Quintana Roo
Is a	ProvinceCanada	StateMexico
Area, measured	55,100 km²21,300 mi²	43,900 km²16,900 mi²
Official area	55,300 km²Wikidata	44,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 13in Canada	19th of 32in Mexico
Population	969,000Wikidata, 2021	1.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	7th of 13in Canada	24th of 32in Mexico
Density	18 per km²	42 per km²
Capital	Halifax	Chetumal
Latitude range	43°N to 47°N	18°N to 22°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 44,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 43,900 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

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