Germany is 3.29× the size of Guatemala

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Guatemala about 109,000 km² (42,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
109,000km²Guatemala

200 km

Germany
Guatemala

What fits

Guatemala fits inside Germany about 3.29 times by area.
Germany is larger by 249,000 km² (96,100 mi²), which is 229% of the area of Guatemala.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Guatemala about 3.55.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 17.3 million, 4.83× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 159 in Guatemala: Germany is 1.47× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,380 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Guatemala at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Germany as 7.71× the size of Guatemala instead of 3.29×.
Together Germany and Guatemala cover 466,000 km², close to the size of Papua New Guinea (465,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 249,000 km², is about the size of Guinea (244,000 km²).
At Guatemala's density, Germany would have 56.7 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Guatemala would have 25.4 million (it has 17.3 million).
Germany's centre is 35.4° of latitude, about 3,930 km, farther north than Guatemala's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	3.29×
More people	Germany	4.83×
More crowded	Germany	1.47×
Farther north	Germany	35.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Guatemala
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	3.55×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.45×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.29×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.20×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.03×
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	Guatemala
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	109,000 km²42,000 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	17.3 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	233 per km²	159 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	109,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Guatemala City
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	14°N to 18°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2018, 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 109,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 109,000 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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