Germany is 29.1× the size of Vanuatu

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Vanuatu about 12,300 km² (4,750 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
12,300km²Vanuatu

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Germany
Vanuatu

What fits

Vanuatu fits inside Germany about 29.1 times by area.
Germany is larger by 345,000 km² (133,000 mi²), which is 2,809% of the area of Vanuatu.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Vanuatu about 0.40.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 300,000, 278× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 24 in Vanuatu: Germany is 9.56× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 15,600 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Vanuatu at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Germany as 67.9× the size of Vanuatu instead of 29.1×.
Together Germany and Vanuatu cover 370,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 1.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 345,000 km², is about the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km²).
At Vanuatu's density, Germany would have 8.7 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Vanuatu would have 2.9 million (it has 300,000).
Germany's centre is 67.2° of latitude, about 7,480 km, farther north than Vanuatu's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	29.1×
More people	Germany	278×
More crowded	Germany	9.56×
Farther north	Germany	67.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Vanuatu
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	0.40×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.05×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.03×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	1 in 256
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 689
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 768
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 1,381

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

Side by side

	Germany	Vanuatu
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	12,300 km²4,750 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	300,000Wikidata, 2020
Density	233 per km²	24 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	12,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Port Vila
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	20°S to 13°S
Continent	Europe	Oceania

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2020, 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 12,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,300 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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