Germany is 1.09× the size of Vietnam

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Vietnam about 329,000 km² (127,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
329,000km²Vietnam

200 km

Germany
Vietnam

What fits

Vietnam is 92% of the size of Germany.
Germany is larger by 28,800 km² (11,100 mi²), which is 8.8% of the area of Vietnam.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Vietnam about 10.7.

How they differ

Germany is larger, but Vietnam has the larger population: 96.2 million against 83.5 million, 1.15× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 293 in Vietnam against 233 in Germany: Vietnam is 1.25× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,990 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Vietnam at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Germany as 2.53× the size of Vietnam instead of 1.09×.
Together Germany and Vietnam cover 687,000 km², close to the size of Myanmar (663,000 km², 3.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 28,800 km², is about the size of Albania (28,300 km²).
At Vietnam's density, Germany would have 104.6 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Vietnam would have 76.8 million (it has 96.2 million).
Germany's centre is 34.5° of latitude, about 3,840 km, farther north than Vietnam's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	1.09×
More people	Vietnam	1.15×
More crowded	Vietnam	1.25×
Farther north	Germany	34.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Vietnam
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	10.7×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	1.35×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.88×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.60×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.10×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×

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

Side by side

	Germany	Vietnam
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	329,000 km²127,000 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	96.2 millionWikidata, 2019
Density	233 per km²	293 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	332,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Hanoi
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	9°N to 23°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2019, 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 332,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 329,000 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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