Germany is 39.7× the size of Puerto Rico

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Puerto Rico about 9,010 km² (3,480 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
9,010km²Puerto Rico

200 km

Germany
Puerto Rico

What fits

Puerto Rico fits inside Germany about 39.7 times by area.
Germany is larger by 349,000 km² (135,000 mi²), which is 3,872% of the area of Puerto Rico.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Puerto Rico about 0.29.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 3.3 million, 25.4× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 365 in Puerto Rico against 233 in Germany: Puerto Rico is 1.56× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,530 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Puerto Rico at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Germany as 90.7× the size of Puerto Rico instead of 39.7×.
Together Germany and Puerto Rico cover 367,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 1.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 349,000 km², is about the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km²).
At Puerto Rico's density, Germany would have 130.5 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Puerto Rico would have 2.1 million (it has 3.3 million).
Germany's centre is 32.8° of latitude, about 3,650 km, farther north than Puerto Rico's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	39.7×
More people	Germany	25.4×
More crowded	Puerto Rico	1.56×
Farther north	Germany	32.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Puerto Rico
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	0.29×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.04×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.02×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	1 in 350
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 941
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 1,049
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 1,885

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

Side by side

	Germany	Puerto Rico
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	9,010 km²3,480 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	3.3 millionWikidata, 2020
Density	233 per km²	365 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	9,100 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	San Juan
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	18°N to 19°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2020, 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 9,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,010 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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