Belgium is 1.02× the size of Brandenburg

Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Brandenburg (state of Germany) about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

30,700km²Belgium
30,000km²Brandenburg

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Belgium
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What fits

Brandenburg is 98% of the size of Belgium.
Belgium is larger by 632 km² (244 mi²), which is 2.1% of the area of Brandenburg.
Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Brandenburg about 0.72.

How they differ

Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 2.5 million, 4.67× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 84 in Brandenburg: Belgium is 4.57× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 638 km apart.
On a standard web map Brandenburg looks larger than Belgium: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Brandenburg at 52°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Brandenburg as 1.06× the size of Belgium, when Belgium is 1.02× the size of Brandenburg.
Together Belgium and Brandenburg cover 60,700 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 6.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 632 km², is about the size of Micronesia (634 km²).
At Brandenburg's density, Belgium would have 2.6 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Brandenburg would have 11.6 million (it has 2.5 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 1.8° of latitude, about 200 km, farther north than Belgium's.
Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
Brandenburg is the 5th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 8.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 51°N and 52°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Brandenburg about 11,850 m².
Laid side by side, Belgium and Brandenburg would cover 60,700 km², 94% of the size of Latvia.
Together they have 14.4 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.
Counted as a country, Brandenburg would rank 142nd by area and 143rd by population.

Side by side

	Belgium	Brandenburg
Is a	CountryEurope	StateGermany
Area, measured	30,700 km²11,800 mi²	30,000 km²11,600 mi²
Official area	30,700 km²Wikidata	29,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	140th of 239worldwide	5th of 16in Germany
Population	11.8 millionWikidata, 2025	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	80th of 237worldwide	10th of 16in Germany
Density	386 per km²	84 per km²
Capital	Brussels	Potsdam
Latitude range	49°N to 51°N	51°N to 54°N

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 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

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