Germany is 1.69× the size of Guyana

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Guyana about 211,000 km² (81,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
211,000km²Guyana

200 km

Germany
Guyana

What fits

Guyana is 59% of the size of Germany.
Germany is larger by 146,000 km² (56,500 mi²), which is 69% of the area of Guyana.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Guyana about 6.89.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 879,000, 95.0× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 4.2 in Guyana: Germany is 56.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,160 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Guyana at 5°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Germany as 4.26× the size of Guyana instead of 1.69×.
Together Germany and Guyana cover 569,000 km², close to the size of Ukraine (572,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 146,000 km², is about the size of Nepal (147,000 km²).
At Guyana's density, Germany would have 1.5 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Guyana would have 49.3 million (it has 879,000).
Germany's centre is 46.3° of latitude, about 5,140 km, farther north than Guyana's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	1.69×
More people	Germany	95.0×
More crowded	Germany	56.1×
Farther north	Germany	46.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Guyana
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	6.89×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.87×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.57×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.39×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.07×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.02×
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	Guyana
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	211,000 km²81,600 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	879,000Wikidata, 2022
Density	233 per km²	4.2 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	215,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Georgetown
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	1°N to 9°N
Continent	Europe	South America

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2022, 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 215,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 211,000 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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