Prince Edward Island is 1.08× the size of La Rioja

Prince Edward Island (province of Canada) covers about 5,730 km² (2,210 mi²) and La Rioja (autonomous community of Spain) about 5,330 km² (2,060 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,730km²Prince Edward Island
5,330km²La Rioja

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Prince Edward Island
La Rioja

What fits

La Rioja is 93% of the size of Prince Edward Island.
Prince Edward Island is larger by 401 km² (155 mi²), which is 7.5% of the area of La Rioja.
Measured in Belgiums: Prince Edward Island is about 0.19, La Rioja about 0.17.

How they differ

Prince Edward Island is larger, but La Rioja has the larger population: 324,000 against 154,000, 2.10× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 61 in La Rioja against 27 in Prince Edward Island: La Rioja is 2.26× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,730 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Prince Edward Island at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and La Rioja at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Prince Edward Island as 1.24× the size of La Rioja instead of 1.08×.
Together Prince Edward Island and La Rioja cover 11,100 km², close to the size of Jamaica (11,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 401 km², is about the size of Seychelles (436 km²).
At La Rioja's density, Prince Edward Island would have 349,000 people (it has 154,000). At Prince Edward Island's density, La Rioja would have 144,000 (it has 324,000).
Prince Edward Island's centre is 4.1° of latitude, about 460 km, farther north than La Rioja'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.
La Rioja is the 16th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Prince Edward Island lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 458 km) north of La Rioja.
Shared out evenly, each person in Prince Edward Island would have about 37,150 m² and each person in La Rioja about 16,440 m².
Laid side by side, Prince Edward Island and La Rioja would cover 11,100 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
Together they have 479,000 people, 1.04× as many people as Brunei.

Side by side

	Prince Edward Island	La Rioja
Is a	ProvinceCanada	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	5,730 km²2,210 mi²	5,330 km²2,060 mi²
Official area	5,620 km²Wikidata	5,050 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 13in Canada	16th of 19in Spain
Population	154,000Wikidata, 2021	324,000Wikidata, 2024
Rank by population	10th of 13in Canada	17th of 19in Spain
Density	27 per km²	61 per km²
Capital	Charlottetown	Logroño
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N	42°N to 43°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024. 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 5,330 km² is 5.7% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,050 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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