Germany is 8.85× the size of Bhutan

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Bhutan about 40,400 km² (15,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
40,400km²Bhutan

200 km

Germany
Bhutan

What fits

Bhutan fits inside Germany about 8.85 times by area.
Germany is larger by 317,000 km² (122,000 mi²), which is 785% of the area of Bhutan.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Bhutan about 1.32.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 787,000, 106× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 19 in Bhutan: Germany is 12.0× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,000 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Bhutan at 27°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Germany as 17.6× the size of Bhutan instead of 8.85×.
Together Germany and Bhutan cover 398,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 317,000 km², is about the size of Ivory Coast (321,000 km²).
At Bhutan's density, Germany would have 7.0 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Bhutan would have 9.4 million (it has 787,000).
Germany's centre is 23.6° of latitude, about 2,630 km, farther north than Bhutan's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	8.85×
More people	Germany	106×
More crowded	Germany	12.0×
Farther north	Germany	23.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.3×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Bhutan
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	1.32×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.17×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.11×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.07×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 210
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 234
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 420

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

Side by side

	Germany	Bhutan
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	40,400 km²15,600 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	787,000Wikidata, 2023
Density	233 per km²	19 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	38,400 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Thimphu
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	27°N to 28°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

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 40,400 km² is 5.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 38,400 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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