Germany is 35.8× the size of Lebanon

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Lebanon about 10,000 km² (3,860 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
10,000km²Lebanon

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Germany
Lebanon

What fits

Lebanon fits inside Germany about 35.8 times by area.
Germany is larger by 348,000 km² (134,000 mi²), which is 3,475% of the area of Lebanon.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Lebanon about 0.33.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 6.1 million, 13.7× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 610 in Lebanon against 233 in Germany: Lebanon is 2.61× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,800 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Lebanon at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Germany as 62.3× the size of Lebanon instead of 35.8×.
Together Germany and Lebanon cover 368,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 1.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 348,000 km², is about the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km²).
At Lebanon's density, Germany would have 218.1 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Lebanon would have 2.3 million (it has 6.1 million).
Germany's centre is 17.1° of latitude, about 1,900 km, farther north than Lebanon's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	35.8×
More people	Germany	13.7×
More crowded	Lebanon	2.61×
Farther north	Germany	17.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Lebanon
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	0.33×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.04×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.03×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	1 in 315
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 847
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 944
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 1,697

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

Side by side

	Germany	Lebanon
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	10,000 km²3,860 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	6.1 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	233 per km²	610 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	10,500 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Beirut
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	33°N to 35°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

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%.
Our measured 10,000 km² is 4.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 10,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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