Denmark is 5.34× the size of Community of Madrid

Denmark (Europe) covers about 42,700 km² (16,500 mi²) and Community of Madrid (autonomous community of Spain) about 8,000 km² (3,090 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

42,700km²Denmark
8,000km²Community of Madrid

100 km

Denmark
Community of Madrid

What fits

Community of Madrid fits inside Denmark about 5.34 times by area.
Denmark is larger by 34,700 km² (13,400 mi²), which is 434% of the area of Community of Madrid.
Measured in Belgiums: Denmark is about 1.39, Community of Madrid about 0.26.

How they differ

Denmark is larger, but Community of Madrid has the larger population: 7.0 million against 5.8 million, 1.20× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 875 in Community of Madrid against 136 in Denmark: Community of Madrid is 6.42× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,990 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Denmark at 56°N is drawn about 3.2× too large and Community of Madrid at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Denmark as 9.85× the size of Community of Madrid instead of 5.34×.
Together Denmark and Community of Madrid cover 50,700 km², close to the size of Costa Rica (51,200 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 34,700 km², is about the size of Taiwan (36,200 km²).
At Community of Madrid's density, Denmark would have 37.4 million people (it has 5.8 million). At Denmark's density, Community of Madrid would have 1.1 million (it has 7.0 million).
Denmark's centre is 15.5° of latitude, about 1,720 km, farther north than Community of Madrid's.
Denmark ranks 134th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Community of Madrid is the 12th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Denmark lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,720 km) north of Community of Madrid.
Shared out evenly, each person in Denmark would have about 7,330 m² and each person in Community of Madrid about 1,140 m².
Laid side by side, Denmark and Community of Madrid would cover 50,700 km², about the same size as Costa Rica.
Together they have 12.8 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
Counted as a country, Community of Madrid would rank 170th by area and 106th by population.

Side by side

	Denmark	Community of Madrid
Is a	CountryEurope	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	42,700 km²16,500 mi²	8,000 km²3,090 mi²
Official area	42,900 km²Wikidata	8,030 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	133rd of 239worldwide	12th of 19in Spain
Population	5.8 millionWikidata, 2020	7.0 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	115th of 237worldwide	3rd of 19in Spain
Density	136 per km²	875 per km²
Capital	Copenhagen	Madrid
Latitude range	55°N to 58°N	40°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 42,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,700 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 8,030 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
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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