Kerala is 1.04× the size of Baden-Württemberg

Kerala (state of India) covers about 37,700 km² (14,600 mi²) and Baden-Württemberg (state of Germany) about 36,100 km² (13,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

37,700km²Kerala
36,100km²Baden-Württemberg

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Kerala
Baden-Württemberg

What fits

Baden-Württemberg is 96% of the size of Kerala.
Kerala is larger by 1,600 km² (618 mi²), which is 4.4% of the area of Baden-Württemberg.
Measured in Belgiums: Kerala is about 1.23, Baden-Württemberg about 1.18.

How they differ

Kerala also has the larger population: 33.4 million against 11.1 million, 3.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 886 in Kerala against 307 in Baden-Württemberg: Kerala is 2.88× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,480 km apart.
On a standard web map Baden-Württemberg looks larger than Kerala: Kerala at 10°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Baden-Württemberg at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Baden-Württemberg as 2.11× the size of Kerala, when Kerala is 1.04× the size of Baden-Württemberg.
Together Kerala and Baden-Württemberg cover 73,800 km², close to the size of Panama (74,500 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,600 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Baden-Württemberg's density, Kerala would have 11.6 million people (it has 33.4 million). At Kerala's density, Baden-Württemberg would have 32.0 million (it has 11.1 million).
Baden-Württemberg's centre is 38.1° of latitude, about 4,240 km, farther north than Kerala's.
Kerala is the 23rd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Baden-Württemberg is the 3rd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 10% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Baden-Württemberg lies about 38° of latitude (roughly 4,240 km) north of Kerala.
Shared out evenly, each person in Kerala would have about 1,130 m² and each person in Baden-Württemberg about 3,250 m².
Laid side by side, Kerala and Baden-Württemberg would cover 73,800 km², about the same size as Panama.
Together they have 44.5 million people, 96% as many people as Algeria.

Side by side

	Kerala	Baden-Württemberg
Is a	StateIndia	StateGermany
Area, measured	37,700 km²14,600 mi²	36,100 km²13,900 mi²
Official area	38,900 km²Wikidata	35,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	23rd of 36in India	3rd of 16in Germany
Population	33.4 millionWikidata, 2011	11.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	13th of 36in India	3rd of 16in Germany
Density	886 per km²	307 per km²
Capital	Thiruvananthapuram	Stuttgart
Latitude range	8°N to 13°N	48°N to 50°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 37,700 km² is 2.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 38,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 35,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 36,100 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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

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