South Carolina is 1.10× the size of New Brunswick

South Carolina (state of the United States) covers about 80,200 km² (31,000 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.

80,200km²South Carolina
72,800km²New Brunswick

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South Carolina
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What fits

New Brunswick is 91% of the size of South Carolina.
South Carolina is larger by 7,380 km² (2,850 mi²), which is 10% of the area of New Brunswick.
Measured in Belgiums: South Carolina is about 2.61, New Brunswick about 2.37.

How they differ

South Carolina also has the larger population: 5.1 million against 776,000, 6.60× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 64 in South Carolina against 11 in New Brunswick: South Carolina is 5.99× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,870 km apart.
On a standard web map New Brunswick looks larger than South Carolina: South Carolina at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and New Brunswick at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows New Brunswick as 1.33× the size of South Carolina, when South Carolina is 1.10× the size of New Brunswick.
Together South Carolina and New Brunswick cover 153,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 2.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 7,380 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At New Brunswick's density, South Carolina would have 854,000 people (it has 5.1 million). At South Carolina's density, New Brunswick would have 4.6 million (it has 776,000).
New Brunswick's centre is 12.7° of latitude, about 1,410 km, farther north than South Carolina's.
South Carolina is the 40th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 19th 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 13° of latitude (roughly 1,410 km) north of South Carolina.
Shared out evenly, each person in South Carolina would have about 15,660 m² and each person in New Brunswick about 93,840 m².
Laid side by side, South Carolina and New Brunswick would cover 153,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 5.9 million people, about as many people as Denmark.

Side by side

	South Carolina	New Brunswick
Is a	StateUnited States	ProvinceCanada
Area, measured	80,200 km²31,000 mi²	72,800 km²28,100 mi²
Official area	82,900 km²Wikidata	72,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	40th of 51in the United States	11th of 13in Canada
Population	5.1 millionWikidata, 2020	776,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	23rd of 51in the United States	8th of 13in Canada
Density	64 per km²	11 per km²
Capital	Columbia	–
Latitude range	32°N to 35°N	45°N to 48°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 80,200 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 82,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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

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