Germany is 345× the size of São Tomé and Príncipe

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and São Tomé and Príncipe about 1,040 km² (400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
1,040km²São Tomé and Príncipe

200 km

Germany
São Tomé and Príncipe

What fits

São Tomé and Príncipe fits inside Germany about 345 times by area.
Germany is larger by 357,000 km² (138,000 mi²), which is 34,385% of the area of São Tomé and Príncipe.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, São Tomé and Príncipe about 0.03.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 204,000, 408× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 197 in São Tomé and Príncipe: Germany is 1.18× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,640 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and São Tomé and Príncipe at 0°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Germany as 873× the size of São Tomé and Príncipe instead of 345×.
Together Germany and São Tomé and Príncipe cover 359,000 km², close to the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km², 3.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 357,000 km², is about the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km²).
At São Tomé and Príncipe's density, Germany would have 70.5 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, São Tomé and Príncipe would have 242,000 (it has 204,000).
Germany's centre is 50.6° of latitude, about 5,630 km, farther north than São Tomé and Príncipe's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	345×
More people	Germany	408×
More crowded	Germany	1.18×
Farther north	Germany	50.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	São Tomé and Príncipe
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	0.03×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	1 in 235
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	1 in 360
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	1 in 528
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	1 in 3,038
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 8,169
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 9,109
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 16,371

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

Side by side

	Germany	São Tomé and Príncipe
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	1,040 km²400 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	204,000Wikidata, 2017
Density	233 per km²	197 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	1,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	São Tomé
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	0°N to 2°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2017, 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 1,040 km² is 3.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 1,000 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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