Germany is 2.46× the size of Suriname

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Suriname about 145,000 km² (56,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
145,000km²Suriname

200 km

Germany
Suriname

What fits

Suriname fits inside Germany about 2.46 times by area.
Germany is larger by 213,000 km² (82,100 mi²), which is 146% of the area of Suriname.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Suriname about 4.73.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 563,000, 148× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 3.9 in Suriname: Germany is 60.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,010 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Suriname at 4°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Germany as 6.20× the size of Suriname instead of 2.46×.
Together Germany and Suriname cover 503,000 km², close to the size of Spain (499,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 213,000 km², is about the size of Guyana (211,000 km²).
At Suriname's density, Germany would have 1.4 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Suriname would have 33.9 million (it has 563,000).
Germany's centre is 46.9° of latitude, about 5,220 km, farther north than Suriname's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	2.46×
More people	Germany	148×
More crowded	Germany	60.1×
Farther north	Germany	46.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Suriname
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	4.73×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.60×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.39×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.26×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.05×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.02×
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	Suriname
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	145,000 km²56,000 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	563,000Wikidata, 2017
Density	233 per km²	3.9 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	163,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Paramaribo
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	2°N to 6°N
Continent	Europe	South America

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 145,000 km² is 11% below Wikidata's official figure of 163,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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