Brandenburg is 1.02× the size of Galicia

Brandenburg (state of Germany) covers about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²) and Galicia (autonomous community of Spain) about 29,600 km² (11,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

30,000km²Brandenburg
29,600km²Galicia

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Brandenburg
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What fits

Galicia is 99% of the size of Brandenburg.
Brandenburg is larger by 444 km² (172 mi²), which is 1.5% of the area of Galicia.
Measured in Belgiums: Brandenburg is about 0.98, Galicia about 0.96.

How they differ

Brandenburg is larger, but Galicia has the larger population: 2.7 million against 2.5 million, 1.07× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 91 in Galicia against 84 in Brandenburg: Galicia is 1.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,920 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Brandenburg at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Galicia at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Brandenburg as 1.47× the size of Galicia instead of 1.02×.
Together Brandenburg and Galicia cover 59,600 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 4.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 444 km², is about the size of Barbados (444 km²).
At Galicia's density, Brandenburg would have 2.7 million people (it has 2.5 million). At Brandenburg's density, Galicia would have 2.5 million (it has 2.7 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 9.7° of latitude, about 1,080 km, farther north than Galicia's.
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.
Galicia is the 7th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 5.8% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Brandenburg lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,080 km) north of Galicia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Brandenburg would have about 11,850 m² and each person in Galicia about 10,950 m².
Laid side by side, Brandenburg and Galicia would cover 59,600 km², 1.05× the size of Togo.
Together they have 5.2 million people, about as many people as Liberia.

Side by side

	Brandenburg	Galicia
Is a	StateGermany	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	30,000 km²11,600 mi²	29,600 km²11,400 mi²
Official area	29,500 km²Wikidata	29,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	5th of 16in Germany	7th of 19in Spain
Population	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022	2.7 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	10th of 16in Germany	5th of 19in Spain
Density	84 per km²	91 per km²
Capital	Potsdam	–
Latitude range	51°N to 54°N	42°N to 44°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 29,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 29,600 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Galicia is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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