Germany is 2.72× the size of Greece

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Greece about 131,000 km² (50,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
131,000km²Greece

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Germany
Greece

What fits

Greece fits inside Germany about 2.72 times by area.
Germany is larger by 226,000 km² (87,400 mi²), which is 172% of the area of Greece.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Greece about 4.28.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 10.5 million, 7.96× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 80 in Greece: Germany is 2.92× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,660 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Greece at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Germany as 4.16× the size of Greece instead of 2.72×.
Together Germany and Greece cover 489,000 km², close to the size of Spain (499,000 km², 2.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 226,000 km², is about the size of Laos (228,000 km²).
At Greece's density, Germany would have 28.5 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Greece would have 30.7 million (it has 10.5 million).
Germany's centre is 12.0° of latitude, about 1,340 km, farther north than Greece's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	2.72×
More people	Germany	7.96×
More crowded	Germany	2.92×
Farther north	Germany	12.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.7×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Greece
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	4.28×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.54×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.35×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.24×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.04×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.02×
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	Greece
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	131,000 km²50,700 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	10.5 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	233 per km²	80 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	132,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Athens
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	35°N to 42°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2021, 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 132,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 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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