Germany is 2.78× the size of Nicaragua

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Nicaragua about 129,000 km² (49,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
129,000km²Nicaragua

200 km

Germany
Nicaragua

What fits

Nicaragua fits inside Germany about 2.78 times by area.
Germany is larger by 229,000 km² (88,400 mi²), which is 178% of the area of Nicaragua.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Nicaragua about 4.20.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 5.1 million, 16.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 40 in Nicaragua: Germany is 5.84× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,270 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Nicaragua at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Germany as 6.69× the size of Nicaragua instead of 2.78×.
Together Germany and Nicaragua cover 486,000 km², close to the size of Spain (499,000 km², 2.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 229,000 km², is about the size of Laos (228,000 km²).
At Nicaragua's density, Germany would have 14.3 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Nicaragua would have 30.0 million (it has 5.1 million).
Germany's centre is 38.2° of latitude, about 4,250 km, farther north than Nicaragua's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	2.78×
More people	Germany	16.2×
More crowded	Germany	5.84×
Farther north	Germany	38.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Nicaragua
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	4.20×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.53×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.34×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.23×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.04×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.02×
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	Nicaragua
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	129,000 km²49,700 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	5.1 millionWikidata, 2005
Density	233 per km²	40 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	120,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Managua
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	11°N to 15°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2005, 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 129,000 km² is 6.9% above Wikidata's official figure of 120,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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