Tasmania (Australia) is 1.24× the size of Nova Scotia

Tasmania (Australia) (state of Australia) covers about 68,100 km² (26,300 mi²) and Nova Scotia (province of Canada) about 55,100 km² (21,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

68,100km²Tasmania (Australia)
55,100km²Nova Scotia

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Tasmania (Australia)
Nova Scotia

What fits

Nova Scotia is 81% of the size of Tasmania (Australia).
Tasmania (Australia) is larger by 13,000 km² (5,020 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Nova Scotia.
Measured in Belgiums: Tasmania (Australia) is about 2.22, Nova Scotia about 1.80.

How they differ

Tasmania (Australia) is larger, but Nova Scotia has the larger population: 969,000 against 540,000, 1.80× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 18 in Nova Scotia against 7.9 in Tasmania (Australia): Nova Scotia is 2.22× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 17,600 km apart.
Together Tasmania (Australia) and Nova Scotia cover 123,000 km², close to the size of Eritrea (123,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 13,000 km², is about the size of Bahamas (12,600 km²).
At Nova Scotia's density, Tasmania (Australia) would have 1.2 million people (it has 540,000). At Tasmania (Australia)'s density, Nova Scotia would have 437,000 (it has 969,000).
Nova Scotia's centre is 87.1° of latitude, about 9,680 km, farther north than Tasmania (Australia)'s.
Tasmania (Australia) is the 7th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Nova Scotia is the 12th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
Nova Scotia lies about 87° of latitude (roughly 9,680 km) north of Tasmania (Australia), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Tasmania (Australia) would have about 126,230 m² and each person in Nova Scotia about 56,850 m².
Laid side by side, Tasmania (Australia) and Nova Scotia would cover 123,000 km², about the same size as Eritrea.
Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.08× as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

	Tasmania (Australia)	Nova Scotia
Is a	StateAustralia	ProvinceCanada
Area, measured	68,100 km²26,300 mi²	55,100 km²21,300 mi²
Official area	68,400 km²Wikidata	55,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 8in Australia	12th of 13in Canada
Population	540,000Wikidata, 2020	969,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	6th of 8in Australia	7th of 13in Canada
Density	7.9 per km²	18 per km²
Capital	Hobart	Halifax
Latitude range	44°S to 40°S	43°N to 47°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 68,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 68,100 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 55,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,100 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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