Germany is 10.8× the size of Moldova

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Moldova about 33,200 km² (12,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
33,200km²Moldova

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Germany
Moldova

What fits

Moldova fits inside Germany about 10.8 times by area.
Germany is larger by 324,000 km² (125,000 mi²), which is 977% of the area of Moldova.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Moldova about 1.08.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 2.4 million, 34.6× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 73 in Moldova: Germany is 3.22× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,380 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Moldova at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Germany as 12.6× the size of Moldova instead of 10.8×.
Together Germany and Moldova cover 391,000 km², close to the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 324,000 km², is about the size of Malaysia (328,000 km²).
At Moldova's density, Germany would have 26.0 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Moldova would have 7.7 million (it has 2.4 million).
Germany's centre is 3.9° of latitude, about 430 km, farther north than Moldova's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	10.8×
More people	Germany	34.6×
More crowded	Germany	3.22×
Farther north	Germany	3.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 2.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Moldova
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	1.08×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.14×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.09×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.06×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 255
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 285
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 511

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

Side by side

	Germany	Moldova
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	33,200 km²12,800 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	2.4 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	233 per km²	73 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	33,800 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Chișinău
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	45°N to 48°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2024, 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 33,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 33,200 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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