Balearic Islands is 1.93× the size of Saarland
Balearic Islands (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 5,120 km² (1,980 mi²) and Saarland (state of Germany) about 2,650 km² (1,020 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,120km²Balearic Islands
- 2,650km²Saarland
50 km
- Balearic Islands
- Saarland
What fits
- Saarland is 52% of the size of Balearic Islands.
- Balearic Islands is larger by 2,460 km² (951 mi²), which is 93% of the area of Saarland.
- Measured in Belgiums: Balearic Islands is about 0.17, Saarland about 0.09.
How they differ
- Balearic Islands also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 1.0 million, 1.17× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 379 in Saarland against 230 in Balearic Islands: Saarland is 1.65× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,140 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Balearic Islands at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Saarland at 49°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Balearic Islands as 1.38× the size of Saarland instead of 1.93×.
- Together Balearic Islands and Saarland cover 7,770 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 22% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,460 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
- At Saarland's density, Balearic Islands would have 1.9 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Balearic Islands's density, Saarland would have 610,000 (it has 1.0 million).
- Saarland's centre is 9.8° of latitude, about 1,090 km, farther north than Balearic Islands's.
- Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
- Saarland is the 13th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Saarland lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,090 km) north of Balearic Islands.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Balearic Islands would have about 4,350 m² and each person in Saarland about 2,640 m².
- Laid side by side, Balearic Islands and Saarland would cover 7,770 km², 78% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 2.2 million people, 1.06× as many people as Slovenia.
Side by side
| Balearic Islands | Saarland | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 5,120 km²1,980 mi² | 2,650 km²1,020 mi² |
| Official area | 4,990 km²Wikidata | 2,570 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 17th of 19in Spain | 13th of 16in Germany |
| Population | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2022 | 1.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 19in Spain | 15th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 230 per km² | 379 per km² |
| Capital | Palma | Saarbrücken |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 40°N | 49°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Our measured 2,650 km² is 3.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,570 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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
