Germany is 11.9× the size of Lesotho

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Lesotho about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
30,100km²Lesotho

200 km

Germany
Lesotho

What fits

Lesotho fits inside Germany about 11.9 times by area.
Germany is larger by 328,000 km² (126,000 mi²), which is 1,088% of the area of Lesotho.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Lesotho about 0.98.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 2.0 million, 41.6× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 67 in Lesotho: Germany is 3.50× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,140 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Lesotho at 30°S about 1.3×, so the map shows Germany as 22.7× the size of Lesotho instead of 11.9×.
Together Germany and Lesotho cover 388,000 km², close to the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 328,000 km², is about the size of Malaysia (328,000 km²).
At Lesotho's density, Germany would have 23.8 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Lesotho would have 7.0 million (it has 2.0 million).
Germany's centre is 80.6° of latitude, about 8,970 km, farther north than Lesotho's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	11.9×
More people	Germany	41.6×
More crowded	Germany	3.50×
Farther north	Germany	80.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.3×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Lesotho
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	0.98×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.12×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.08×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.05×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 281
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 314
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 564

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

Side by side

	Germany	Lesotho
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	30,100 km²11,600 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	2.0 millionWikidata, 2016
Density	233 per km²	67 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	30,400 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Maseru
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	31°S to 29°S
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2016, 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 30,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 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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