Germany is 8.38× the size of Denmark

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Denmark about 42,700 km² (16,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
42,700km²Denmark

200 km

Germany
Denmark

What fits

Denmark fits inside Germany about 8.38 times by area.
Germany is larger by 315,000 km² (122,000 mi²), which is 738% of the area of Denmark.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Denmark about 1.39.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 5.8 million, 14.3× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 136 in Denmark: Germany is 1.71× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 546 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Denmark at 56°N about 3.2×, so the map shows Germany as 6.64× the size of Denmark instead of 8.38×.
Together Germany and Denmark cover 400,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 315,000 km², is about the size of Poland (313,000 km²).
At Denmark's density, Germany would have 48.8 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Denmark would have 10.0 million (it has 5.8 million).
Denmark's centre is 4.9° of latitude, about 550 km, farther north than Germany's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	8.38×
More people	Germany	14.3×
More crowded	Germany	1.71×
Farther north	Denmark	4.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Denmark	3.2× against 2.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Denmark
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	1.39×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.18×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.11×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.08×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 221
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 398

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

Side by side

	Germany	Denmark
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	42,700 km²16,500 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	5.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Density	233 per km²	136 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	42,900 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Copenhagen
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	55°N to 58°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2020, 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 42,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,700 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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