Germany is 1.92× the size of Syria

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Syria about 186,000 km² (71,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
186,000km²Syria

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Germany
Syria

What fits

Syria is 52% of the size of Germany.
Germany is larger by 172,000 km² (66,300 mi²), which is 92% of the area of Syria.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Syria about 6.06.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 23.9 million, 3.50× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 128 in Syria: Germany is 1.82× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,870 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Syria at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Germany as 3.26× the size of Syria instead of 1.92×.
Together Germany and Syria cover 544,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 172,000 km², is about the size of Somaliland (167,000 km²).
At Syria's density, Germany would have 45.9 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Syria would have 43.4 million (it has 23.9 million).
Germany's centre is 16.0° of latitude, about 1,780 km, farther north than Syria's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	1.92×
More people	Germany	3.50×
More crowded	Germany	1.82×
Farther north	Germany	16.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Syria
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	6.06×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.76×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.50×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.34×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.06×
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	Syria
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	186,000 km²71,800 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	23.9 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	233 per km²	128 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	185,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Damascus
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	32°N to 37°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2024, 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 185,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 186,000 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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