West Virginia is 1.14× the size of Nova Scotia

West Virginia (state of the United States) covers about 62,700 km² (24,200 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.

62,700km²West Virginia
55,100km²Nova Scotia

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West Virginia
Nova Scotia

What fits

Nova Scotia is 88% of the size of West Virginia.
West Virginia is larger by 7,630 km² (2,940 mi²), which is 14% of the area of Nova Scotia.
Measured in Belgiums: West Virginia is about 2.05, Nova Scotia about 1.80.

How they differ

West Virginia also has the larger population: 1.8 million against 969,000, 1.85× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 29 in West Virginia against 18 in Nova Scotia: West Virginia is 1.63× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,600 km apart.
On a standard web map Nova Scotia looks larger than West Virginia: West Virginia at 39°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Nova Scotia at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Nova Scotia as 1.08× the size of West Virginia, when West Virginia is 1.14× the size of Nova Scotia.
Together West Virginia and Nova Scotia cover 118,000 km², close to the size of Malawi (119,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 7,630 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Nova Scotia's density, West Virginia would have 1.1 million people (it has 1.8 million). At West Virginia's density, Nova Scotia would have 1.6 million (it has 969,000).
Nova Scotia's centre is 6.5° of latitude, about 720 km, farther north than West Virginia's.
West Virginia is the 41st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 30th 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 7° of latitude (roughly 724 km) north of West Virginia.
Shared out evenly, each person in West Virginia would have about 34,980 m² and each person in Nova Scotia about 56,850 m².
Laid side by side, West Virginia and Nova Scotia would cover 118,000 km², about the same size as Malawi.
Together they have 2.8 million people, about as many people as Albania.

Side by side

	West Virginia	Nova Scotia
Is a	StateUnited States	ProvinceCanada
Area, measured	62,700 km²24,200 mi²	55,100 km²21,300 mi²
Official area	62,800 km²Wikidata	55,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	41st of 51in the United States	12th of 13in Canada
Population	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020	969,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	39th of 51in the United States	7th of 13in Canada
Density	29 per km²	18 per km²
Capital	Charleston	Halifax
Latitude range	37°N to 41°N	43°N to 47°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 62,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 62,700 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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