Eswatini is 1.11× the size of Schleswig-Holstein

Eswatini (Africa) covers about 17,100 km² (6,610 mi²) and Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

17,100km²Eswatini
15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein

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Eswatini
Schleswig-Holstein

What fits

Schleswig-Holstein is 90% of the size of Eswatini.
Eswatini is larger by 1,680 km² (647 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Schleswig-Holstein.
Measured in Belgiums: Eswatini is about 0.56, Schleswig-Holstein about 0.50.

How they differ

Eswatini is larger, but Schleswig-Holstein has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.2 million, 2.40× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 72 in Eswatini: Schleswig-Holstein is 2.66× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,220 km apart.
On a standard web map Schleswig-Holstein looks larger than Eswatini: Eswatini at 27°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 2.11× the size of Eswatini, when Eswatini is 1.11× the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
Together Eswatini and Schleswig-Holstein cover 32,500 km², close to the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,680 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Eswatini would have 3.3 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Eswatini's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 1.1 million (it has 3.0 million).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 80.7° of latitude, about 8,980 km, farther north than Eswatini's.
Eswatini ranks 159th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Schleswig-Holstein is the 12th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 81° of latitude (roughly 8,980 km) north of Eswatini, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Eswatini would have about 13,910 m² and each person in Schleswig-Holstein about 5,230 m².
Laid side by side, Eswatini and Schleswig-Holstein would cover 32,500 km², about the same size as Guinea-Bissau.
Together they have 4.2 million people, 1.06× as many people as Georgia.
Counted as a country, Schleswig-Holstein would rank 159th by area and 137th by population.

Side by side

	Eswatini	Schleswig-Holstein
Is a	CountryAfrica	StateGermany
Area, measured	17,100 km²6,610 mi²	15,400 km²5,960 mi²
Official area	17,400 km²Wikidata	15,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	158th of 239worldwide	12th of 16in Germany
Population	1.2 millionWikidata, 2023	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	160th of 237worldwide	9th of 16in Germany
Density	72 per km²	191 per km²
Capital	Mbabane; Lobamba	Kiel
Latitude range	27°S to 26°S	53°N to 55°N

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 17,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 17,100 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 15,400 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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