Pernambuco is 1.34× the size of New Brunswick
Pernambuco (state of Brazil) covers about 97,600 km² (37,700 mi²) and New Brunswick (province of Canada) about 72,800 km² (28,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 97,600km²Pernambuco
- 72,800km²New Brunswick
200 km
- Pernambuco
- New Brunswick
What fits
- New Brunswick is 75% of the size of Pernambuco.
- Pernambuco is larger by 24,800 km² (9,590 mi²), which is 34% of the area of New Brunswick.
- Measured in Belgiums: Pernambuco is about 3.18, New Brunswick about 2.37.
How they differ
- Pernambuco also has the larger population: 9.1 million against 776,000, 11.7× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 93 in Pernambuco against 11 in New Brunswick: Pernambuco is 8.71× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,730 km apart.
- On a standard web map New Brunswick looks larger than Pernambuco: Pernambuco at 8°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and New Brunswick at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows New Brunswick as 1.55× the size of Pernambuco, when Pernambuco is 1.34× the size of New Brunswick.
- Together Pernambuco and New Brunswick cover 170,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
- The gap between them, 24,800 km², is about the size of Rwanda (25,300 km²).
- At New Brunswick's density, Pernambuco would have 1.0 million people (it has 9.1 million). At Pernambuco's density, New Brunswick would have 6.8 million (it has 776,000).
- New Brunswick's centre is 55.0° of latitude, about 6,110 km, farther north than Pernambuco's.
- Pernambuco is the 19th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- New Brunswick is the 11th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- New Brunswick lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,110 km) north of Pernambuco, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Pernambuco would have about 10,780 m² and each person in New Brunswick about 93,840 m².
- Laid side by side, Pernambuco and New Brunswick would cover 170,000 km², 96% of the size of Uruguay.
- Together they have 9.8 million people, about as many people as the United Arab Emirates.
Side by side
| Pernambuco | New Brunswick | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | ProvinceCanada |
| Area, measured | 97,600 km²37,700 mi² | 72,800 km²28,100 mi² |
| Official area | 98,900 km²Wikidata | 72,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 27in Brazil | 11th of 13in Canada |
| Population | 9.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 776,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 27in Brazil | 8th of 13in Canada |
| Density | 93 per km² | 11 per km² |
| Capital | Recife | – |
| Latitude range | 9°S to 7°S | 45°N to 48°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 98,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 97,600 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 72,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 72,800 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