Brittany is 1.18× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Brittany (region of France) covers about 27,300 km² (10,600 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.

27,300km²Brittany
23,200km²Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

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Brittany
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

What fits

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 85% of the size of Brittany.
Brittany is larger by 4,130 km² (1,600 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Measured in Belgiums: Brittany is about 0.89, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 0.76.

How they differ

Brittany also has the larger population: 3.4 million against 1.6 million, 2.18× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 125 in Brittany against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Brittany is 1.85× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,240 km apart.
On a standard web map Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania looks larger than Brittany: Brittany at 48°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 1.08× the size of Brittany, when Brittany is 1.18× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Together Brittany and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania cover 50,500 km², close to the size of Costa Rica (51,200 km², 1.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,130 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Brittany would have 1.9 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Brittany's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 2.9 million (it has 1.6 million).
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 5.6° of latitude, about 620 km, farther north than Brittany's.
Brittany is the 12th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
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 6° of latitude (roughly 619 km) north of Brittany.
Shared out evenly, each person in Brittany would have about 7,990 m² and each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 14,770 m².
Laid side by side, Brittany and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would cover 50,500 km², about the same size as Costa Rica.
Together they have 5.0 million people, about as many people as Nicaragua.

Side by side

	Brittany	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Is a	RegionFrance	StateGermany
Area, measured	27,300 km²10,600 mi²	23,200 km²8,960 mi²
Official area	27,200 km²Wikidata	23,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 18in France	6th of 16in Germany
Population	3.4 millionWikidata, 2022	1.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	9th of 18in France	14th of 16in Germany
Density	125 per km²	68 per km²
Capital	Rennes	Schwerin
Latitude range	47°N to 49°N	53°N to 55°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 27,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,300 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. The outline of Brittany is the departments 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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