Germany is 6.50× the size of Croatia

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Croatia about 55,000 km² (21,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
55,000km²Croatia

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Germany
Croatia

What fits

Croatia fits inside Germany about 6.50 times by area.
Germany is larger by 303,000 km² (117,000 mi²), which is 550% of the area of Croatia.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Croatia about 1.79.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 3.9 million, 21.6× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 70 in Croatia: Germany is 3.32× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 802 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Croatia at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Germany as 8.21× the size of Croatia instead of 6.50×.
Together Germany and Croatia cover 413,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 3.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 303,000 km², is about the size of Italy (301,000 km²).
At Croatia's density, Germany would have 25.2 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Croatia would have 12.8 million (it has 3.9 million).
Germany's centre is 6.0° of latitude, about 670 km, farther north than Croatia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	6.50×
More people	Germany	21.6×
More crowded	Germany	3.32×
Farther north	Germany	6.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 2.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Croatia
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	1.79×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.23×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.15×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.10×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.02×
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 309

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

Side by side

	Germany	Croatia
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	55,000 km²21,200 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	3.9 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	233 per km²	70 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	56,600 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Zagreb
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	42°N to 47°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2021, 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 55,000 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 56,600 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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