Lower Saxony is 1.11× the size of Denmark
Lower Saxony (state of Germany) covers about 47,600 km² (18,400 mi²) and Denmark (Europe) about 42,700 km² (16,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 47,600km²Lower Saxony
- 42,700km²Denmark
100 km
- Lower Saxony
- Denmark
What fits
- Denmark is 90% of the size of Lower Saxony.
- Lower Saxony is larger by 4,900 km² (1,890 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Denmark.
- Measured in Belgiums: Lower Saxony is about 1.55, Denmark about 1.39.
How they differ
- Lower Saxony also has the larger population: 7.9 million against 5.8 million, 1.36× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 167 in Lower Saxony against 136 in Denmark: Lower Saxony is 1.22× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 360 km apart.
- On a standard web map Denmark looks larger than Lower Saxony: Lower Saxony at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Denmark at 56°N about 3.2×, so the map shows Denmark as 1.05× the size of Lower Saxony, when Lower Saxony is 1.11× the size of Denmark.
- Together Lower Saxony and Denmark cover 90,300 km², close to the size of Western Sahara (90,500 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 4,900 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
- At Denmark's density, Lower Saxony would have 6.5 million people (it has 7.9 million). At Lower Saxony's density, Denmark would have 7.1 million (it has 5.8 million).
- Denmark's centre is 3.2° of latitude, about 360 km, farther north than Lower Saxony's.
- Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Denmark ranks 134th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Denmark lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 356 km) north of Lower Saxony.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Lower Saxony would have about 5,990 m² and each person in Denmark about 7,330 m².
- Laid side by side, Lower Saxony and Denmark would cover 90,300 km², about the same size as Portugal.
- Together they have 13.8 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
- Counted as a country, Lower Saxony would rank 132nd by area and 101st by population.
Side by side
| Lower Saxony | Denmark | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateGermany | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 47,600 km²18,400 mi² | 42,700 km²16,500 mi² |
| Official area | 47,600 km²Wikidata | 42,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 16in Germany | 133rd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 7.9 millionWikidata, 2022 | 5.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 4th of 16in Germany | 115th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 167 per km² | 136 per km² |
| Capital | Hanover | Copenhagen |
| Latitude range | 51°N to 54°N | 55°N to 58°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 42,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,700 km², to within 2%.
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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