Nova Scotia is 1.04× the size of Rio Grande do Norte

Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Rio Grande do Norte (state of Brazil) about 52,800 km² (20,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

55,100km²Nova Scotia
52,800km²Rio Grande do Norte

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Nova Scotia
Rio Grande do Norte

What fits

Rio Grande do Norte is 96% of the size of Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia is larger by 2,300 km² (887 mi²), which is 4.3% of the area of Rio Grande do Norte.
Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Rio Grande do Norte about 1.72.

How they differ

Nova Scotia is larger, but Rio Grande do Norte has the larger population: 3.3 million against 969,000, 3.41× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 63 in Rio Grande do Norte against 18 in Nova Scotia: Rio Grande do Norte is 3.56× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,260 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nova Scotia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Rio Grande do Norte at 6°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 2.08× the size of Rio Grande do Norte instead of 1.04×.
Together Nova Scotia and Rio Grande do Norte cover 108,000 km², close to the size of Guatemala (109,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,300 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Rio Grande do Norte's density, Nova Scotia would have 3.4 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Rio Grande do Norte would have 929,000 (it has 3.3 million).
Nova Scotia's centre is 51.0° of latitude, about 5,670 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Norte'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.
Rio Grande do Norte is the 22nd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Nova Scotia lies about 51° of latitude (roughly 5,670 km) north of Rio Grande do Norte, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Rio Grande do Norte about 15,990 m².
Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Rio Grande do Norte would cover 108,000 km², about the same size as Guatemala.
Together they have 4.3 million people, 96% as many people as Kuwait.

Side by side

	Nova Scotia	Rio Grande do Norte
Is a	ProvinceCanada	StateBrazil
Area, measured	55,100 km²21,300 mi²	52,800 km²20,400 mi²
Official area	55,300 km²Wikidata	53,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 13in Canada	22nd of 27in Brazil
Population	969,000Wikidata, 2021	3.3 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	7th of 13in Canada	17th of 27in Brazil
Density	18 per km²	63 per km²
Capital	Halifax	Natal
Latitude range	43°N to 47°N	7°S to 1°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 53,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,800 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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