Andalusia is 1.25× the size of Bavaria

Andalusia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 87,700 km² (33,900 mi²) and Bavaria (state of Germany) about 70,000 km² (27,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

87,700km²Andalusia
70,000km²Bavaria

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Andalusia
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What fits

Bavaria is 80% of the size of Andalusia.
Andalusia is larger by 17,700 km² (6,820 mi²), which is 25% of the area of Bavaria.
Measured in Belgiums: Andalusia is about 2.86, Bavaria about 2.28.

How they differ

Andalusia is larger, but Bavaria has the larger population: 13.0 million against 8.6 million, 1.51× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 98 in Andalusia: Bavaria is 1.89× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,810 km apart.
On a standard web map Bavaria looks larger than Andalusia: Andalusia at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Bavaria at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Bavaria as 1.17× the size of Andalusia, when Andalusia is 1.25× the size of Bavaria.
Together Andalusia and Bavaria cover 158,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 17,700 km², is about the size of Kuwait (17,500 km²).
At Bavaria's density, Andalusia would have 16.3 million people (it has 8.6 million). At Andalusia's density, Bavaria would have 6.9 million (it has 13.0 million).
Bavaria's centre is 11.5° of latitude, about 1,270 km, farther north than Andalusia's.
Andalusia is the 2nd largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 17% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
Bavaria lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,270 km) north of Andalusia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Andalusia would have about 10,170 m² and each person in Bavaria about 5,370 m².
Laid side by side, Andalusia and Bavaria would cover 158,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 21.7 million people, about as many people as Niger.

Side by side

	Andalusia	Bavaria
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateGermany
Area, measured	87,700 km²33,900 mi²	70,000 km²27,000 mi²
Official area	87,300 km²Wikidata	70,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	2nd of 19in Spain	1st of 16in Germany
Population	8.6 millionWikidata, 2024	13.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	1st of 19in Spain	2nd of 16in Germany
Density	98 per km²	186 per km²
Capital	Seville	Munich
Latitude range	36°N to 39°N	47°N to 51°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 87,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 87,700 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Andalusia is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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