Germany is 2.92× the size of North Korea

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and North Korea about 122,000 km² (47,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
122,000km²North Korea

200 km

Germany
North Korea

What fits

North Korea fits inside Germany about 2.92 times by area.
Germany is larger by 235,000 km² (90,800 mi²), which is 192% of the area of North Korea.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, North Korea about 3.99.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 26.4 million, 3.16× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 216 in North Korea: Germany is 1.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,170 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and North Korea at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Germany as 4.32× the size of North Korea instead of 2.92×.
Together Germany and North Korea cover 480,000 km², close to the size of Somalia (472,000 km², 1.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 235,000 km², is about the size of Romania (236,000 km²).
At North Korea's density, Germany would have 77.2 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, North Korea would have 28.6 million (it has 26.4 million).
Germany's centre is 10.9° of latitude, about 1,210 km, farther north than North Korea's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	2.92×
More people	Germany	3.16×
More crowded	Germany	1.08×
Farther north	Germany	10.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.7×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	North Korea
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	3.99×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.50×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.33×
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	North Korea
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	122,000 km²47,300 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	26.4 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	233 per km²	216 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	121,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Pyongyang
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	38°N to 43°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2023, 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 121,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 122,000 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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