Guinea-Bissau is 42.4× the size of Hamburg
Guinea-Bissau (Africa) covers about 32,800 km² (12,700 mi²) and Hamburg (state of Germany) about 774 km² (299 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 32,800km²Guinea-Bissau
- 774km²Hamburg
100 km
- Guinea-Bissau
- Hamburg
What fits
- Hamburg fits inside Guinea-Bissau about 42.4 times by area.
- Guinea-Bissau is larger by 32,100 km² (12,400 mi²), which is 4,143% of the area of Hamburg.
- Measured in Belgiums: Guinea-Bissau is about 1.07, Hamburg about 0.03.
How they differ
- Guinea-Bissau is larger, but Hamburg has the larger population: 1.9 million against 1.9 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 2,446 in Hamburg against 57 in Guinea-Bissau: Hamburg is 43.1× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,120 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Guinea-Bissau at 12°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Hamburg at 54°N about 2.8×, so the map shows Guinea-Bissau as 15.7× the size of Hamburg instead of 42.4×.
- Together Guinea-Bissau and Hamburg cover 33,600 km², close to the size of Moldova (33,200 km², 1.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 32,100 km², is about the size of Moldova (33,200 km²).
- At Hamburg's density, Guinea-Bissau would have 80.3 million people (it has 1.9 million). At Guinea-Bissau's density, Hamburg would have 44,000 (it has 1.9 million).
- Hamburg's centre is 41.5° of latitude, about 4,620 km, farther north than Guinea-Bissau's.
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 140th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Hamburg is the 15th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Hamburg lies about 42° of latitude (roughly 4,620 km) north of Guinea-Bissau.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Guinea-Bissau would have about 17,640 m² and each person in Hamburg about 410 m².
- Laid side by side, Guinea-Bissau and Hamburg would cover 33,600 km², about the same size as Moldova.
- Together they have 3.8 million people, about as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Hamburg is drawn from 52 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
- Counted as a country, Hamburg would rank 186th by area and 149th by population.
Side by side
| Guinea-Bissau | Hamburg | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 32,800 km²12,700 mi² | 774 km²299 mi² |
| Official area | 36,100 km²Wikidata | 755 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 139th of 239worldwide | 15th of 16in Germany |
| Population | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2017 | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 149th of 237worldwide | 13th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 57 per km² | 2,446 per km² |
| Capital | Bissau | – |
| Latitude range | 11°N to 13°N | 53°N to 54°N |
Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 32,800 km² is 9.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 36,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Our measured 774 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 755 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- 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
- 2026-11-12