Bavaria is 2.28× the size of Belgium
Bavaria (state of Germany) covers about 70,000 km² (27,000 mi²) and Belgium (Europe) about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 70,000km²Bavaria
- 30,700km²Belgium
100 km
- Bavaria
- Belgium
What fits
- Belgium fits inside Bavaria about 2.28 times by area.
- Bavaria is larger by 39,400 km² (15,200 mi²), which is 128% of the area of Belgium.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Bavaria is about 1.69, Belgium about 0.74.
How they differ
- Bavaria also has the larger population: 13.0 million against 11.8 million, 1.10× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 186 in Bavaria: Belgium is 2.07× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 522 km apart.
- Together Bavaria and Belgium cover 101,000 km², close to the size of Iceland (102,000 km², 1.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 39,400 km², is about the size of Bhutan (40,400 km²).
- At Belgium's density, Bavaria would have 27.0 million people (it has 13.0 million). At Bavaria's density, Belgium would have 5.7 million (it has 11.8 million).
- Belgium's centre is 1.7° of latitude, about 190 km, farther north than Bavaria's.
- 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.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 49°N and 51°N.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Bavaria would have about 5,370 m² and each person in Belgium about 2,590 m².
- Laid side by side, Bavaria and Belgium would cover 101,000 km², about the same size as Iceland.
- Together they have 24.9 million people, 1.04× as many people as Syria.
- Counted as a country, Bavaria would rank 121st by area and 78th by population.
Side by side
| Bavaria | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateGermany | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 70,000 km²27,000 mi² | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² |
| Official area | 70,600 km²Wikidata | 30,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 1st of 16in Germany | 140th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 13.0 millionWikidata, 2022 | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 16in Germany | 80th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 186 per km² | 386 per km² |
| Capital | Munich | Brussels |
| Latitude range | 47°N to 51°N | 49°N to 51°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2025. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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