Castile and León is 1.35× the size of Bavaria
Castile and León (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 94,800 km² (36,600 mi²) and Bavaria (state of Germany) about 70,000 km² (27,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 94,800km²Castile and León
- 70,000km²Bavaria
100 km
- Castile and León
- Bavaria
What fits
- Bavaria is 74% of the size of Castile and León.
- Castile and León is larger by 24,800 km² (9,560 mi²), which is 35% of the area of Bavaria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Castile and León is about 3.09, Bavaria about 2.28.
How they differ
- Castile and León is larger, but Bavaria has the larger population: 13.0 million against 2.4 million, 5.46× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 25 in Castile and León: Bavaria is 7.39× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,490 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Castile and León at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Bavaria at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Castile and León as 1.05× the size of Bavaria instead of 1.35×.
- Together Castile and León and Bavaria cover 165,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 1.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 24,800 km², is about the size of Rwanda (25,300 km²).
- At Bavaria's density, Castile and León would have 17.6 million people (it has 2.4 million). At Castile and León's density, Bavaria would have 1.8 million (it has 13.0 million).
- Bavaria's centre is 7.2° of latitude, about 800 km, farther north than Castile and León's.
- Castile and León is the largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 19% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Bavaria lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 798 km) north of Castile and León.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Castile and León would have about 39,690 m² and each person in Bavaria about 5,370 m².
- Laid side by side, Castile and León and Bavaria would cover 165,000 km², 1.05× the size of Tunisia.
- Together they have 15.4 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.
Side by side
| Castile and León | Bavaria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 94,800 km²36,600 mi² | 70,000 km²27,000 mi² |
| Official area | 94,200 km²Wikidata | 70,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 1st of 19in Spain | 1st of 16in Germany |
| Population | 2.4 millionWikidata, 2024 | 13.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 6th of 19in Spain | 2nd of 16in Germany |
| Density | 25 per km² | 186 per km² |
| Capital | – | Munich |
| Latitude range | 40°N to 43°N | 47°N to 51°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,800 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 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 Castile and León 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