Germany is 12.6× the size of Albania

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Albania about 28,300 km² (10,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
28,300km²Albania

200 km

Germany
Albania

What fits

Albania fits inside Germany about 12.6 times by area.
Germany is larger by 329,000 km² (127,000 mi²), which is 1,162% of the area of Albania.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Albania about 0.92.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 2.8 million, 29.7× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 99 in Albania: Germany is 2.35× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,330 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Albania at 41°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Germany as 18.1× the size of Albania instead of 12.6×.
Together Germany and Albania cover 386,000 km², close to the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 329,000 km², is about the size of Vietnam (329,000 km²).
At Albania's density, Germany would have 35.5 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Albania would have 6.6 million (it has 2.8 million).
Germany's centre is 9.9° of latitude, about 1,100 km, farther north than Albania's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	12.6×
More people	Germany	29.7×
More crowded	Germany	2.35×
Farther north	Germany	9.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.8×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Albania
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	0.92×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.12×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.08×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.05×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 299
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 333
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 599

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Germany	Albania
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	28,300 km²10,900 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	2.8 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	233 per km²	99 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	28,700 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Tirana
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	40°N to 43°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 358,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 358,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 28,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 28,300 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
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: 2026-11-11

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