Belgium is 1.32× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (state of Germany) about 23,200 km² (8,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

30,700km²Belgium
23,200km²Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

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Belgium
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

What fits

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 76% of the size of Belgium.
Belgium is larger by 7,460 km² (2,880 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 0.56.

How they differ

Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 1.6 million, 7.53× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Belgium is 5.70× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 638 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Belgium as 1.15× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania instead of 1.32×.
Together Belgium and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania cover 53,900 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 2.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 7,460 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Belgium would have 2.1 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 8.9 million (it has 1.6 million).
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 3.1° of latitude, about 350 km, farther north than Belgium's.
Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the 6th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 346 km) north of Belgium.
Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 14,770 m².
Laid side by side, Belgium and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would cover 53,900 km², about the same size as Croatia.
Together they have 13.4 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
Counted as a country, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would rank 150th by area and 154th by population.

Side by side

	Belgium	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Is a	CountryEurope	StateGermany
Area, measured	30,700 km²11,800 mi²	23,200 km²8,960 mi²
Official area	30,700 km²Wikidata	23,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	140th of 239worldwide	6th of 16in Germany
Population	11.8 millionWikidata, 2025	1.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	80th of 237worldwide	14th of 16in Germany
Density	386 per km²	68 per km²
Capital	Brussels	Schwerin
Latitude range	49°N to 51°N	53°N to 55°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 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 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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