Germany is 17.4× the size of El Salvador
Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and El Salvador about 20,500 km² (7,930 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 358,000km²Germany
- 20,500km²El Salvador
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- Germany
- El Salvador
What fits
- El Salvador fits inside Germany about 17.4 times by area.
- Germany is larger by 337,000 km² (130,000 mi²), which is 1,641% of the area of El Salvador.
- Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, El Salvador about 0.67.
How they differ
- Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 6.0 million, 13.8× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 294 in El Salvador against 233 in Germany: El Salvador is 1.26× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,450 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and El Salvador at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Germany as 41.6× the size of El Salvador instead of 17.4×.
- Together Germany and El Salvador cover 378,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 1.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 337,000 km², is about the size of Finland (333,000 km²).
- At El Salvador's density, Germany would have 105.0 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, El Salvador would have 4.8 million (it has 6.0 million).
- Germany's centre is 37.3° of latitude, about 4,150 km, farther north than El Salvador's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Germany | 17.4× |
| More people | Germany | 13.8× |
| More crowded | El Salvador | 1.26× |
| Farther north | Germany | 37.3° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Germany | 2.5× against 1.1× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Germany | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 11.7× | 0.67× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.47× | 0.08× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.96× | 0.05× |
| 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 413 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.04× | 1 in 460 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.02× | 1 in 827 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Germany | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 358,000 km²138,000 mi² | 20,500 km²7,930 mi² |
| Population | 83.5 millionWikidata, 2025 | 6.0 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 233 per km² | 294 per km² |
| Official area | 358,000 km²Wikidata | 21,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Berlin | San Salvador |
| Latitude range | 47°N to 55°N | 13°N to 14°N |
| Continent | Europe | North America |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2024, 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 20,500 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 21,000 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