Germany is 20.5× the size of Kuwait

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Kuwait about 17,500 km² (6,750 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
17,500km²Kuwait

200 km

Germany
Kuwait

What fits

Kuwait fits inside Germany about 20.5 times by area.
Germany is larger by 340,000 km² (131,000 mi²), which is 1,947% of the area of Kuwait.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Kuwait about 0.57.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 4.5 million, 18.7× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 255 in Kuwait against 233 in Germany: Kuwait is 1.09× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,910 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Kuwait at 29°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Germany as 39.4× the size of Kuwait instead of 20.5×.
Together Germany and Kuwait cover 375,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 340,000 km², is about the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km²).
At Kuwait's density, Germany would have 91.4 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Kuwait would have 4.1 million (it has 4.5 million).
Germany's centre is 21.7° of latitude, about 2,410 km, farther north than Kuwait's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	20.5×
More people	Germany	18.7×
More crowded	Kuwait	1.09×
Farther north	Germany	21.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.3×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Kuwait
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	0.57×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.07×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.05×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.03×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 485
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 541
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 972

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Germany	Kuwait
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	17,500 km²6,750 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	4.5 millionWikidata, 2020
Density	233 per km²	255 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	17,800 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Kuwait City
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	29°N to 30°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2020, 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 17,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 17,500 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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