Germany is 3.63× the size of South Korea

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and South Korea about 98,500 km² (38,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
98,500km²South Korea

200 km

Germany
South Korea

What fits

South Korea fits inside Germany about 3.63 times by area.
Germany is larger by 259,000 km² (100,000 mi²), which is 263% of the area of South Korea.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, South Korea about 3.21.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 51.5 million, 1.62× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 522 in South Korea against 233 in Germany: South Korea is 2.24× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,540 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and South Korea at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Germany as 5.96× the size of South Korea instead of 3.63×.
Together Germany and South Korea cover 456,000 km², close to the size of Yemen (453,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 259,000 km², is about the size of Gabon (260,000 km²).
At South Korea's density, Germany would have 186.8 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, South Korea would have 23.0 million (it has 51.5 million).
Germany's centre is 14.7° of latitude, about 1,630 km, farther north than South Korea's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	3.63×
More people	Germany	1.62×
More crowded	South Korea	2.24×
Farther north	Germany	14.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	South Korea
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	3.21×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.40×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.26×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.18×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.03×
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	South Korea
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	98,500 km²38,000 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	51.5 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	233 per km²	522 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	100,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Seoul
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	33°N to 39°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

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 100,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 98,500 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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