Germany is 1.12× the size of Ivory Coast

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Ivory Coast about 321,000 km² (124,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
321,000km²Ivory Coast

200 km

Germany
Ivory Coast

What fits

Ivory Coast is 90% of the size of Germany.
Germany is larger by 37,000 km² (14,300 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Ivory Coast.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Ivory Coast about 10.5.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 31.2 million, 2.68× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 97 in Ivory Coast: Germany is 2.40× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,050 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Ivory Coast at 8°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Germany as 2.77× the size of Ivory Coast instead of 1.12×.
Together Germany and Ivory Coast cover 678,000 km², close to the size of Myanmar (663,000 km², 2.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 37,000 km², is about the size of Netherlands (37,100 km²).
At Ivory Coast's density, Germany would have 34.8 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Ivory Coast would have 74.8 million (it has 31.2 million).
Germany's centre is 43.4° of latitude, about 4,830 km, farther north than Ivory Coast's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	1.12×
More people	Germany	2.68×
More crowded	Germany	2.40×
Farther north	Germany	43.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Ivory Coast
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	10.5×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	1.32×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.86×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.59×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.10×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
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	Ivory Coast
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	321,000 km²124,000 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	31.2 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	233 per km²	97 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	322,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Yamoussoukro
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	4°N to 11°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2023, 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 322,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 321,000 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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