Prince Edward Island is 1.11× the size of Delaware

Prince Edward Island (province of Canada) covers about 5,730 km² (2,210 mi²) and Delaware (state of the United States) about 5,170 km² (2,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,730km²Prince Edward Island
5,170km²Delaware

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Prince Edward Island
Delaware

What fits

Delaware is 90% of the size of Prince Edward Island.
Prince Edward Island is larger by 561 km² (217 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Delaware.
Measured in Belgiums: Prince Edward Island is about 0.19, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

Prince Edward Island is larger, but Delaware has the larger population: 990,000 against 154,000, 6.41× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Delaware against 27 in Prince Edward Island: Delaware is 7.11× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,290 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Prince Edward Island at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Delaware at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Prince Edward Island as 1.41× the size of Delaware instead of 1.11×.
Together Prince Edward Island and Delaware cover 10,900 km², close to the size of Kosovo (10,900 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 561 km², is about the size of Isle of Man (575 km²).
At Delaware's density, Prince Edward Island would have 1.1 million people (it has 154,000). At Prince Edward Island's density, Delaware would have 139,000 (it has 990,000).
Prince Edward Island's centre is 7.4° of latitude, about 820 km, farther north than Delaware'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.
Delaware is the 49th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Prince Edward Island lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 824 km) north of Delaware.
Shared out evenly, each person in Prince Edward Island would have about 37,150 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
Laid side by side, Prince Edward Island and Delaware would cover 10,900 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
Together they have 1.1 million people, about as many people as Djibouti.

Side by side

	Prince Edward Island	Delaware
Is a	ProvinceCanada	StateUnited States
Area, measured	5,730 km²2,210 mi²	5,170 km²2,000 mi²
Official area	5,620 km²Wikidata	6,450 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 13in Canada	49th of 51in the United States
Population	154,000Wikidata, 2021	990,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	10th of 13in Canada	45th of 51in the United States
Density	27 per km²	191 per km²
Capital	Charlottetown	Dover
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N	38°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. 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 5,170 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,450 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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