Germany is 14.1× the size of Rwanda

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Rwanda about 25,300 km² (9,770 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
25,300km²Rwanda

200 km

Germany
Rwanda

What fits

Rwanda fits inside Germany about 14.1 times by area.
Germany is larger by 332,000 km² (128,000 mi²), which is 1,313% of the area of Rwanda.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Rwanda about 0.83.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 14.6 million, 5.73× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 576 in Rwanda against 233 in Germany: Rwanda is 2.47× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,180 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Rwanda at 2°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Germany as 35.7× the size of Rwanda instead of 14.1×.
Together Germany and Rwanda cover 383,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 332,000 km², is about the size of Finland (333,000 km²).
At Rwanda's density, Germany would have 205.9 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Rwanda would have 5.9 million (it has 14.6 million).
Germany's centre is 53.0° of latitude, about 5,900 km, farther north than Rwanda's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	14.1×
More people	Germany	5.73×
More crowded	Rwanda	2.47×
Farther north	Germany	53.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Rwanda
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	0.83×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.10×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.07×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.05×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 335
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 373
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 671

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

Side by side

	Germany	Rwanda
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	25,300 km²9,770 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	14.6 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	233 per km²	576 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	26,300 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Kigali
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	3°S to 1°S
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2025, 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 25,300 km² is 3.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 26,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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