Nova Scotia is 1.44× the size of Yucatán
Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²) and Yucatán (state of Mexico) about 38,400 km² (14,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 55,100km²Nova Scotia
- 38,400km²Yucatán
100 km
- Nova Scotia
- Yucatán
What fits
- Yucatán is 70% of the size of Nova Scotia.
- Nova Scotia is larger by 16,700 km² (6,460 mi²), which is 44% of the area of Yucatán.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Yucatán about 1.25.
How they differ
- Nova Scotia is larger, but Yucatán has the larger population: 2.3 million against 969,000, 2.39× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 60 in Yucatán against 18 in Nova Scotia: Yucatán is 3.44× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,580 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nova Scotia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Yucatán at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 2.52× the size of Yucatán instead of 1.44×.
- Together Nova Scotia and Yucatán cover 93,500 km², close to the size of Hungary (93,200 km², 0.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 16,700 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
- At Yucatán's density, Nova Scotia would have 3.3 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Yucatán would have 675,000 (it has 2.3 million).
- Nova Scotia's centre is 24.4° of latitude, about 2,710 km, farther north than Yucatán'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.
- Yucatán is the 20th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
- Nova Scotia lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,710 km) north of Yucatán.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Yucatán about 16,540 m².
- Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Yucatán would cover 93,500 km², about the same size as Hungary.
- Together they have 3.3 million people, 96% as many people as Mongolia.
Side by side
| Nova Scotia | Yucatán | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceCanada | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 55,100 km²21,300 mi² | 38,400 km²14,800 mi² |
| Official area | 55,300 km²Wikidata | 39,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 12th of 13in Canada | 20th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 969,000Wikidata, 2021 | 2.3 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 13in Canada | 21st of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 18 per km² | 60 per km² |
| Capital | Halifax | Mérida |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 47°N | 20°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%.
- Our measured 38,400 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 39,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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