Prince Edward Island is 1.12× the size of Balearic Islands

Prince Edward Island (province of Canada) covers about 5,730 km² (2,210 mi²) and Balearic Islands (autonomous community of Spain) about 5,120 km² (1,980 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,730km²Prince Edward Island
5,120km²Balearic Islands

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Prince Edward Island
Balearic Islands

What fits

Balearic Islands is 89% of the size of Prince Edward Island.
Prince Edward Island is larger by 616 km² (238 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Balearic Islands.
Measured in Belgiums: Prince Edward Island is about 0.19, Balearic Islands about 0.17.

How they differ

Prince Edward Island is larger, but Balearic Islands has the larger population: 1.2 million against 154,000, 7.62× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 230 in Balearic Islands against 27 in Prince Edward Island: Balearic Islands is 8.54× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,280 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Prince Edward Island at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Balearic Islands at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Prince Edward Island as 1.40× the size of Balearic Islands instead of 1.12×.
Together Prince Edward Island and Balearic Islands cover 10,800 km², close to the size of Kosovo (10,900 km², 0.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 616 km², is about the size of Saint Lucia (605 km²).
At Balearic Islands's density, Prince Edward Island would have 1.3 million people (it has 154,000). At Prince Edward Island's density, Balearic Islands would have 138,000 (it has 1.2 million).
Prince Edward Island's centre is 6.8° of latitude, about 760 km, farther north than Balearic Islands's.
Prince Edward Island is the 13th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Prince Edward Island lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 759 km) north of Balearic Islands.
Shared out evenly, each person in Prince Edward Island would have about 37,150 m² and each person in Balearic Islands about 4,350 m².
Laid side by side, Prince Edward Island and Balearic Islands would cover 10,800 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
Together they have 1.3 million people, about as many people as Cyprus.

Side by side

	Prince Edward Island	Balearic Islands
Is a	ProvinceCanada	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	5,730 km²2,210 mi²	5,120 km²1,980 mi²
Official area	5,620 km²Wikidata	4,990 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 13in Canada	17th of 19in Spain
Population	154,000Wikidata, 2021	1.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	10th of 13in Canada	12th of 19in Spain
Density	27 per km²	230 per km²
Capital	Charlottetown	Palma
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N	39°N to 40°N

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

Our measured 5,730 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,620 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Our measured 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 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

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