Paraíba is 1.03× the size of Nova Scotia

Paraíba (state of Brazil) covers about 56,500 km² (21,800 mi²) and Nova Scotia (province of Canada) about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

56,500km²Paraíba
55,100km²Nova Scotia

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Paraíba
Nova Scotia

What fits

Nova Scotia is 98% of the size of Paraíba.
Paraíba is larger by 1,410 km² (543 mi²), which is 2.6% of the area of Nova Scotia.
Measured in Belgiums: Paraíba is about 1.84, Nova Scotia about 1.80.

How they differ

Paraíba also has the larger population: 4.0 million against 969,000, 4.10× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 70 in Paraíba against 18 in Nova Scotia: Paraíba is 4.00× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,390 km apart.
On a standard web map Nova Scotia looks larger than Paraíba: Paraíba at 7°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Nova Scotia at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 1.93× the size of Paraíba, when Paraíba is 1.03× the size of Nova Scotia.
Together Paraíba and Nova Scotia cover 112,000 km², close to the size of Honduras (112,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,410 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Nova Scotia's density, Paraíba would have 994,000 people (it has 4.0 million). At Paraíba's density, Nova Scotia would have 3.9 million (it has 969,000).
Nova Scotia's centre is 52.3° of latitude, about 5,810 km, farther north than Paraíba's.
Paraíba is the 21st largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
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.
Nova Scotia lies about 52° of latitude (roughly 5,810 km) north of Paraíba, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Paraíba would have about 14,220 m² and each person in Nova Scotia about 56,850 m².
Laid side by side, Paraíba and Nova Scotia would cover 112,000 km², about the same size as Honduras.
Together they have 4.9 million people, about as many people as Oman.

Side by side

	Paraíba	Nova Scotia
Is a	StateBrazil	ProvinceCanada
Area, measured	56,500 km²21,800 mi²	55,100 km²21,300 mi²
Official area	56,600 km²Wikidata	55,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	21st of 27in Brazil	12th of 13in Canada
Population	4.0 millionWikidata, 2022	969,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	13th of 27in Brazil	7th of 13in Canada
Density	70 per km²	18 per km²
Capital	João Pessoa	Halifax
Latitude range	8°S to 6°S	43°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 56,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 56,500 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 55,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,100 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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