Virginia is 1.43× the size of New Brunswick
Virginia (state of the United States) covers about 104,000 km² (40,000 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.
- 104,000km²Virginia
- 72,800km²New Brunswick
200 km
- Virginia
- New Brunswick
What fits
- New Brunswick is 70% of the size of Virginia.
- Virginia is larger by 30,900 km² (11,900 mi²), which is 43% of the area of New Brunswick.
- Measured in Belgiums: Virginia is about 3.38, New Brunswick about 2.37.
How they differ
- Virginia also has the larger population: 8.6 million against 776,000, 11.1× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 83 in Virginia against 11 in New Brunswick: Virginia is 7.81× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,440 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Virginia at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and New Brunswick at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Virginia as 1.07× the size of New Brunswick instead of 1.43×.
- Together Virginia and New Brunswick cover 177,000 km², close to the size of Uruguay (177,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 30,900 km², is about the size of Belgium (30,700 km²).
- At New Brunswick's density, Virginia would have 1.1 million people (it has 8.6 million). At Virginia's density, New Brunswick would have 6.1 million (it has 776,000).
- New Brunswick's centre is 9.1° of latitude, about 1,010 km, farther north than Virginia's.
- Virginia is the 37th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 15th 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 9° of latitude (roughly 1,010 km) north of Virginia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Virginia would have about 12,020 m² and each person in New Brunswick about 93,840 m².
- Laid side by side, Virginia and New Brunswick would cover 177,000 km², about the same size as Uruguay.
- Together they have 9.4 million people, about as many people as Tajikistan.
Side by side
| Virginia | New Brunswick | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | ProvinceCanada |
| Area, measured | 104,000 km²40,000 mi² | 72,800 km²28,100 mi² |
| Official area | 111,000 km²Wikidata | 72,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 37th of 51in the United States | 11th of 13in Canada |
| Population | 8.6 millionWikidata, 2020 | 776,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 51in the United States | 8th of 13in Canada |
| Density | 83 per km² | 11 per km² |
| Capital | Richmond | – |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 39°N | 45°N to 48°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 104,000 km² is 6.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- 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