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California vs New Brunswick Geography
Land area
- California has a land area of 155,859 square miles (403,673 km²), while New Brunswick has 27,587 square miles (71,450 km²).
- California's land area is 5.6 times (465%) larger than New Brunswick's.
Total area
- California: 163,694 square miles (423,965 km²) vs New Brunswick: 28,150 square miles (72,908 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- California's total area is 5.8 times (482%) larger than New Brunswick's.
Length
- California is 761 miles (1,224 km) long from north to south; New Brunswick is 241 miles (388 km).
- California's north-south length is 3.2 times (216%) longer than New Brunswick's.
Width
- California spans 706 miles (1,137 km) east to west; New Brunswick spans 264 miles (424 km).
- California's east-west width is 2.7 times (167%) wider than New Brunswick's.
Highest point
- California's highest point is Mount Whitney at 14,484 feet (4,415 m); New Brunswick's is Mount Carleton at 2,680 feet (817 m).
- Mount Whitney is 11,804 feet higher than Mount Carleton.
Lowest point
- California's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; New Brunswick's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- California's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
California vs New Brunswick Population and History
Population
- California has a population of 39,431,263 (2024), while New Brunswick has 867,383 (2026).
- California's population is 45.5 times larger than New Brunswick's.
Population density
- California: 253.0 people per square mile vs New Brunswick: 31.4.
- California's population density is 8.1 times (706%) higher than New Brunswick's.
Biggest city
- California's biggest city is Los Angeles with 3,878,704 people; New Brunswick's is Moncton with 79,470.
- Los Angeles' population is 48.8 times larger than Moncton's.
Largest metro area
- California's largest metropolitan area is Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area (12,927,614 people) vs New Brunswick's Moncton CMA (157,717).
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area's population is 82.0 times larger than Moncton CMA's.
History
- California: Admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850, as the 31st state.
- New Brunswick: Joined Confederation on July 1, 1867, as one of the four founding provinces.
- In its current form, California is the older of the two by 17 years.
California vs New Brunswick Economy
GDP
- California's GDP is $4,048.1 billion (2024) vs New Brunswick's $35.3 billion.
- California's economic output is 114.7 times larger than New Brunswick's.
GDP per capita
- California: $102,662 per person vs New Brunswick: $41,088.
- California's GDP per capita is 2.5 times (150%) higher than New Brunswick's.
Official Websites
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