Germany is 1.38× the size of Gabon

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Gabon about 260,000 km² (100,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
260,000km²Gabon

200 km

Germany
Gabon

What fits

Gabon is 73% of the size of Germany.
Germany is larger by 97,700 km² (37,700 mi²), which is 38% of the area of Gabon.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Gabon about 8.48.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 2.0 million, 41.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 7.8 in Gabon: Germany is 30.0× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,740 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Gabon at 1°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Germany as 3.48× the size of Gabon instead of 1.38×.
Together Germany and Gabon cover 618,000 km², close to the size of Central African Republic (618,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 97,700 km², is about the size of South Korea (98,500 km²).
At Gabon's density, Germany would have 2.8 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Gabon would have 60.7 million (it has 2.0 million).
Germany's centre is 51.6° of latitude, about 5,740 km, farther north than Gabon's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	1.38×
More people	Germany	41.2×
More crowded	Germany	30.0×
Farther north	Germany	51.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Gabon
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	8.48×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	1.07×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.70×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.47×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.08×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
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	Gabon
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	260,000 km²100,000 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	2.0 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	233 per km²	7.8 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	268,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Libreville
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	4°S to 2°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2017, 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 260,000 km² is 2.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 268,000 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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