Germany is 1.07× the size of Finland

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Finland about 333,000 km² (129,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
333,000km²Finland

200 km

Germany
Finland

What fits

Finland is 93% of the size of Germany.
Germany is larger by 24,600 km² (9,500 mi²), which is 7.4% of the area of Finland.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Finland about 10.9.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 5.7 million, 14.8× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 17 in Finland: Germany is 13.7× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,730 km apart.
On a standard web map Finland looks larger than Germany: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Finland at 64°N about 5.3×, so the map shows Finland as 1.95× the size of Germany, when Germany is 1.07× the size of Finland.
Together Germany and Finland cover 691,000 km², close to the size of Myanmar (663,000 km², 4.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 24,600 km², is about the size of Rwanda (25,300 km²).
At Finland's density, Germany would have 6.1 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Finland would have 77.7 million (it has 5.7 million).
Finland's centre is 13.2° of latitude, about 1,470 km, farther north than Germany's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	1.07×
More people	Germany	14.8×
More crowded	Germany	13.7×
Farther north	Finland	13.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Finland	5.3× against 2.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Finland
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	10.9×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	1.37×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.89×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.61×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.11×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×

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

Side by side

	Germany	Finland
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	333,000 km²129,000 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	5.7 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	233 per km²	17 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	338,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Helsinki
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	60°N to 70°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2025, 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 338,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 333,000 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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