Germany is 3.00× the size of Malawi

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Malawi about 119,000 km² (46,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
119,000km²Malawi

200 km

Germany
Malawi

What fits

Malawi fits inside Germany about 3.00 times by area.
Germany is larger by 238,000 km² (92,000 mi²), which is 200% of the area of Malawi.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Malawi about 3.89.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 17.6 million, 4.75× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 147 in Malawi: Germany is 1.59× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,510 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Malawi at 13°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Germany as 7.18× the size of Malawi instead of 3.00×.
Together Germany and Malawi cover 477,000 km², close to the size of Somalia (472,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 238,000 km², is about the size of Ghana (239,000 km²).
At Malawi's density, Germany would have 52.6 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Malawi would have 27.9 million (it has 17.6 million).
Germany's centre is 64.3° of latitude, about 7,150 km, farther north than Malawi's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	3.00×
More people	Germany	4.75×
More crowded	Germany	1.59×
Farther north	Germany	64.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Malawi
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	3.89×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.49×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.32×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.22×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.04×
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	Malawi
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	119,000 km²46,100 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	17.6 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	233 per km²	147 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	118,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Lilongwe
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	17°S to 9°S
Continent	Europe	Africa

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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 118,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 119,000 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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