West Bengal is 1.19× the size of New Brunswick
West Bengal (state of India) covers about 86,400 km² (33,300 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.
- 86,400km²West Bengal
- 72,800km²New Brunswick
100 km
- West Bengal
- New Brunswick
What fits
- New Brunswick is 84% of the size of West Bengal.
- West Bengal is larger by 13,600 km² (5,240 mi²), which is 19% of the area of New Brunswick.
- Measured in Belgiums: West Bengal is about 2.82, New Brunswick about 2.37.
How they differ
- West Bengal also has the larger population: 91.3 million against 776,000, 118× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,057 in West Bengal against 11 in New Brunswick: West Bengal is 99.2× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,800 km apart.
- On a standard web map New Brunswick looks larger than West Bengal: West Bengal at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and New Brunswick at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows New Brunswick as 1.50× the size of West Bengal, when West Bengal is 1.19× the size of New Brunswick.
- Together West Bengal and New Brunswick cover 159,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 1.6% smaller).
- The gap between them, 13,600 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
- At New Brunswick's density, West Bengal would have 920,000 people (it has 91.3 million). At West Bengal's density, New Brunswick would have 76.9 million (it has 776,000).
- New Brunswick's centre is 22.8° of latitude, about 2,540 km, farther north than West Bengal's.
- West Bengal is the 13th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 2.7% of its area; it is the 6th 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 23° of latitude (roughly 2,540 km) north of West Bengal.
- Shared out evenly, each person in West Bengal would have about 950 m² and each person in New Brunswick about 93,840 m².
- Laid side by side, West Bengal and New Brunswick would cover 159,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
- Together they have 92.1 million people, about as many people as Iran.
Side by side
| West Bengal | New Brunswick | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | ProvinceCanada |
| Area, measured | 86,400 km²33,300 mi² | 72,800 km²28,100 mi² |
| Official area | 88,800 km²Wikidata | 72,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 36in India | 11th of 13in Canada |
| Population | 91.3 millionWikidata, 2011 | 776,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 4th of 36in India | 8th of 13in Canada |
| Density | 1,057 per km² | 11 per km² |
| Capital | Kolkata | – |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 27°N | 45°N to 48°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 86,400 km² is 2.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 88,800 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