Germany is 16.0× the size of Belize

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Belize about 22,300 km² (8,610 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
22,300km²Belize

200 km

Germany
Belize

What fits

Belize fits inside Germany about 16.0 times by area.
Germany is larger by 335,000 km² (129,000 mi²), which is 1,504% of the area of Belize.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Belize about 0.73.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 411,000, 203× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 18 in Belize: Germany is 12.7× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,140 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Belize at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Germany as 37.0× the size of Belize instead of 16.0×.
Together Germany and Belize cover 380,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 335,000 km², is about the size of Finland (333,000 km²).
At Belize's density, Germany would have 6.6 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Belize would have 5.2 million (it has 411,000).
Germany's centre is 33.8° of latitude, about 3,760 km, farther north than Belize's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	16.0×
More people	Germany	203×
More crowded	Germany	12.7×
Farther north	Germany	33.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Belize
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	0.73×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.09×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.06×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.04×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 380
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 424
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 761

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

Side by side

	Germany	Belize
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	22,300 km²8,610 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	411,000Wikidata, 2023
Density	233 per km²	18 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	23,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Belmopan
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	16°N to 18°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 22,300 km² is 2.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 23,000 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 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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