Prince Edward Island and Brunei are almost exactly the same size

Prince Edward Island (province of Canada) covers about 5,730 km² (2,210 mi²) and Brunei (Asia) about 5,720 km² (2,210 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.

5,730km²Prince Edward Island
5,720km²Brunei

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Prince Edward Island
Brunei

What fits

Brunei is 100% of the size of Prince Edward Island.
The measured areas differ by 16.3 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
Measured in Belgiums: Prince Edward Island is about 0.19, Brunei about 0.19.

How they differ

Prince Edward Island is larger, but Brunei has the larger population: 459,000 against 154,000, 2.97× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 80 in Brunei against 27 in Prince Edward Island: Brunei is 2.98× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 14,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Prince Edward Island at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Brunei at 5°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Prince Edward Island as 2.10× the size of Brunei instead of 1.00×.
Together Prince Edward Island and Brunei cover 11,400 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 1.3% bigger).
At Brunei's density, Prince Edward Island would have 460,000 people (it has 154,000). At Prince Edward Island's density, Brunei would have 154,000 (it has 459,000).
Prince Edward Island's centre is 41.9° of latitude, about 4,660 km, farther north than Brunei'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.
Brunei ranks 173rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
Prince Edward Island lies about 42° of latitude (roughly 4,660 km) north of Brunei.
Shared out evenly, each person in Prince Edward Island would have about 37,150 m² and each person in Brunei about 12,460 m².
Laid side by side, Prince Edward Island and Brunei would cover 11,400 km², about the same size as Qatar.
Together they have 613,000 people, about as many people as the Solomon Islands.
Counted as a country, Prince Edward Island would rank 172nd by area and 185th by population.

Side by side

	Prince Edward Island	Brunei
Is a	ProvinceCanada	CountryAsia
Area, measured	5,730 km²2,210 mi²	5,720 km²2,210 mi²
Official area	5,620 km²Wikidata	5,770 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 13in Canada	172nd of 239worldwide
Population	154,000Wikidata, 2021	459,000Wikidata, 2023
Rank by population	10th of 13in Canada	174th of 237worldwide
Density	27 per km²	80 per km²
Capital	Charlottetown	Bandar Seri Begawan
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N	4°N to 5°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2023. 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.
Wikidata's official figure of 5,770 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,720 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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