Germany is 4.26× the size of Austria

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Austria about 84,000 km² (32,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
84,000km²Austria

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Germany
Austria

What fits

Austria fits inside Germany about 4.26 times by area.
Germany is larger by 274,000 km² (106,000 mi²), which is 326% of the area of Austria.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Austria about 2.74.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 9.0 million, 9.29× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 107 in Austria: Germany is 2.18× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 471 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Austria at 48°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Germany as 4.90× the size of Austria instead of 4.26×.
Together Germany and Austria cover 442,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 1.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 274,000 km², is about the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km²).
At Austria's density, Germany would have 38.2 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Austria would have 19.6 million (it has 9.0 million).
Germany's centre is 3.5° of latitude, about 380 km, farther north than Austria's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	4.26×
More people	Germany	9.29×
More crowded	Germany	2.18×
Farther north	Germany	3.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 2.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Austria
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	2.74×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.34×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.22×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.15×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.03×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 202

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

Side by side

	Germany	Austria
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	84,000 km²32,400 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	9.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	233 per km²	107 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	83,900 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Vienna
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	46°N to 49°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2022, 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 83,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 84,000 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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