Germany is 3.49× the size of Iceland

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Iceland about 102,000 km² (39,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
102,000km²Iceland

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Germany
Iceland

What fits

Iceland fits inside Germany about 3.49 times by area.
Germany is larger by 255,000 km² (98,600 mi²), which is 249% of the area of Iceland.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Iceland about 3.34.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 364,000, 229× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 3.6 in Iceland: Germany is 65.6× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,270 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Iceland at 65°N about 5.6×, so the map shows Germany as 1.58× the size of Iceland instead of 3.49×.
Together Germany and Iceland cover 460,000 km², close to the size of Cameroon (464,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 255,000 km², is about the size of Ecuador (255,000 km²).
At Iceland's density, Germany would have 1.3 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Iceland would have 23.9 million (it has 364,000).
Iceland's centre is 14.0° of latitude, about 1,550 km, farther north than Germany's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	3.49×
More people	Germany	229×
More crowded	Germany	65.6×
Farther north	Iceland	14.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Iceland	5.6× against 2.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Iceland
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	3.34×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.42×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.27×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.19×
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	Iceland
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	102,000 km²39,500 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	364,000Wikidata, 2019
Density	233 per km²	3.6 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	103,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Reykjavík
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	63°N to 67°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2019, 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 103,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 102,000 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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