Germany is 28.4× the size of Bahamas

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Bahamas about 12,600 km² (4,870 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
12,600km²Bahamas

200 km

Germany
Bahamas

What fits

Bahamas fits inside Germany about 28.4 times by area.
Germany is larger by 345,000 km² (133,000 mi²), which is 2,738% of the area of Bahamas.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Bahamas about 0.41.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 399,000, 209× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 32 in Bahamas: Germany is 7.36× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,730 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Bahamas at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Germany as 59.7× the size of Bahamas instead of 28.4×.
Together Germany and Bahamas cover 370,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 345,000 km², is about the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km²).
At Bahamas's density, Germany would have 11.3 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Bahamas would have 2.9 million (it has 399,000).
Germany's centre is 26.8° of latitude, about 2,980 km, farther north than Bahamas's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	28.4×
More people	Germany	209×
More crowded	Germany	7.36×
Farther north	Germany	26.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Bahamas
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	0.41×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.05×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.03×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	1 in 250
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 672
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 750
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 1,347

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

Side by side

	Germany	Bahamas
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	12,600 km²4,870 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	399,000Wikidata, 2023
Density	233 per km²	32 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	13,900 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Nassau
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	21°N to 27°N
Continent	Europe	North America

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%.
Our measured 12,600 km² is 9.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 13,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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