Catalonia is 1.06× the size of Brandenburg

Catalonia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 32,000 km² (12,300 mi²) and Brandenburg (state of Germany) about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

32,000km²Catalonia
30,000km²Brandenburg

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Catalonia
Brandenburg

What fits

Brandenburg is 94% of the size of Catalonia.
Catalonia is larger by 1,930 km² (746 mi²), which is 6.4% of the area of Brandenburg.
Measured in Belgiums: Catalonia is about 1.04, Brandenburg about 0.98.

How they differ

Catalonia also has the larger population: 8.0 million against 2.5 million, 3.17× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 251 in Catalonia against 84 in Brandenburg: Catalonia is 2.98× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,480 km apart.
On a standard web map Brandenburg looks larger than Catalonia: Catalonia at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Brandenburg at 52°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Brandenburg as 1.41× the size of Catalonia, when Catalonia is 1.06× the size of Brandenburg.
Together Catalonia and Brandenburg cover 62,000 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 4.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,930 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Brandenburg's density, Catalonia would have 2.7 million people (it has 8.0 million). At Catalonia's density, Brandenburg would have 7.5 million (it has 2.5 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 10.7° of latitude, about 1,190 km, farther north than Catalonia's.
Catalonia is the 6th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 6.3% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
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.
Brandenburg lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,190 km) north of Catalonia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Catalonia would have about 3,980 m² and each person in Brandenburg about 11,850 m².
Laid side by side, Catalonia and Brandenburg would cover 62,000 km², 96% of the size of Latvia.
Together they have 10.6 million people, about as many people as Sweden.

Side by side

	Catalonia	Brandenburg
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateGermany
Area, measured	32,000 km²12,300 mi²	30,000 km²11,600 mi²
Official area	31,900 km²Wikidata	29,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	6th of 19in Spain	5th of 16in Germany
Population	8.0 millionWikidata, 2024	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	2nd of 19in Spain	10th of 16in Germany
Density	251 per km²	84 per km²
Capital	Barcelona	Potsdam
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	51°N to 54°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 31,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 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 Catalonia 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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