Germany is 4.99× the size of Sierra Leone

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Sierra Leone about 71,600 km² (27,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
71,600km²Sierra Leone

200 km

Germany
Sierra Leone

What fits

Sierra Leone fits inside Germany about 4.99 times by area.
Germany is larger by 286,000 km² (110,000 mi²), which is 399% of the area of Sierra Leone.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Sierra Leone about 2.33.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 7.6 million, 11.0× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 106 in Sierra Leone: Germany is 2.21× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,140 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Sierra Leone at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Germany as 12.4× the size of Sierra Leone instead of 4.99×.
Together Germany and Sierra Leone cover 429,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 1.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 286,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
At Sierra Leone's density, Germany would have 37.7 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Sierra Leone would have 16.7 million (it has 7.6 million).
Germany's centre is 42.5° of latitude, about 4,720 km, farther north than Sierra Leone's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	4.99×
More people	Germany	11.0×
More crowded	Germany	2.21×
Farther north	Germany	42.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Sierra Leone
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	2.33×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.29×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.19×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.13×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.02×
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×	1 in 237

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

Side by side

	Germany	Sierra Leone
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	71,600 km²27,600 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	7.6 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	233 per km²	106 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	71,700 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Freetown
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	7°N to 10°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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 71,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 71,600 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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