Germany is 1.48× the size of Uganda

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Uganda about 242,000 km² (93,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
242,000km²Uganda

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Germany
Uganda

What fits

Uganda is 68% of the size of Germany.
Germany is larger by 116,000 km² (44,700 mi²), which is 48% of the area of Uganda.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Uganda about 7.89.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 47.1 million, 1.77× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 195 in Uganda: Germany is 1.20× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,910 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Uganda at 1°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Germany as 3.74× the size of Uganda instead of 1.48×.
Together Germany and Uganda cover 600,000 km², close to the size of Madagascar (593,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 116,000 km², is about the size of Benin (116,000 km²).
At Uganda's density, Germany would have 69.7 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Uganda would have 56.4 million (it has 47.1 million).
Germany's centre is 49.8° of latitude, about 5,530 km, farther north than Uganda's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	1.48×
More people	Germany	1.77×
More crowded	Germany	1.20×
Farther north	Germany	49.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Uganda
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	7.89×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.99×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.65×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.44×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.08×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
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	Uganda
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	242,000 km²93,400 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	47.1 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	233 per km²	195 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	241,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Kampala
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	1°S to 4°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2021, 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 241,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 242,000 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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