Germany is 2.92× the size of Eritrea

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Eritrea about 123,000 km² (47,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
123,000km²Eritrea

200 km

Germany
Eritrea

What fits

Eritrea fits inside Germany about 2.92 times by area.
Germany is larger by 235,000 km² (90,800 mi²), which is 192% of the area of Eritrea.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Eritrea about 4.00.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 3.5 million, 23.9× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 29 in Eritrea: Germany is 8.18× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,710 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Eritrea at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Germany as 6.87× the size of Eritrea instead of 2.92×.
Together Germany and Eritrea cover 480,000 km², close to the size of Somalia (472,000 km², 1.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 235,000 km², is about the size of Romania (236,000 km²).
At Eritrea's density, Germany would have 10.2 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Eritrea would have 28.6 million (it has 3.5 million).
Germany's centre is 35.7° of latitude, about 3,970 km, farther north than Eritrea's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	2.92×
More people	Germany	23.9×
More crowded	Germany	8.18×
Farther north	Germany	35.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Eritrea
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	4.00×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.50×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.33×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.22×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.04×
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×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Germany	Eritrea
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	123,000 km²47,300 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	3.5 millionWikidata, 2019
Density	233 per km²	29 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	118,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Asmara
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	12°N to 18°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2019, 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 123,000 km² is 4.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 118,000 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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