Bosnia and Herzegovina is 58.3× the size of Berlin

What fits

• Berlin fits inside Bosnia and Herzegovina about 58.3 times by area.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina is larger by 50,900 km² (19,700 mi²), which is 5,728% of the area of Berlin.
• Measured in Belgiums: Bosnia and Herzegovina is about 1.69, Berlin about 0.03.

How they differ

• Bosnia and Herzegovina also has the larger population: 3.8 million against 3.8 million, 1.02× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 4,223 in Berlin against 74 in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Berlin is 57.3× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 981 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Bosnia and Herzegovina at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Berlin at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Bosnia and Herzegovina as 42.0× the size of Berlin instead of 58.3×.
• Together Bosnia and Herzegovina and Berlin cover 52,700 km², close to the size of Costa Rica (51,200 km², 3.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 50,900 km², is about the size of Costa Rica (51,200 km²).
• At Berlin's density, Bosnia and Herzegovina would have 218.8 million people (it has 3.8 million). At Bosnia and Herzegovina's density, Berlin would have 65,000 (it has 3.8 million).
• Berlin's centre is 8.3° of latitude, about 930 km, farther north than Bosnia and Herzegovina's.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 129th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Berlin is the 14th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Berlin lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 926 km) north of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Bosnia and Herzegovina would have about 13,580 m² and each person in Berlin about 240 m².
• Laid side by side, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Berlin would cover 52,700 km², 1.03× the size of Costa Rica.
• Together they have 7.6 million people, about as many people as Sierra Leone.
• Berlin is drawn from 57 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
• Counted as a country, Berlin would rank 186th by area and 133rd by population.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 51,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 51,800 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 891 km² agrees with our measured area of 889 km², to within 2%.

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