Lower Saxony is 1.13× the size of Extremadura

What fits

• Extremadura is 88% of the size of Lower Saxony.
• Lower Saxony is larger by 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Extremadura.
• Measured in Belgiums: Lower Saxony is about 1.55, Extremadura about 1.37.

How they differ

• Lower Saxony also has the larger population: 7.9 million against 1.1 million, 7.54× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 167 in Lower Saxony against 25 in Extremadura: Lower Saxony is 6.67× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,910 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Lower Saxony at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Extremadura at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 1.85× the size of Extremadura instead of 1.13×.
• Together Lower Saxony and Extremadura cover 89,700 km², close to the size of Western Sahara (90,500 km², 0.9% bigger).
• The gap between them, 5,490 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
• At Extremadura's density, Lower Saxony would have 1.2 million people (it has 7.9 million). At Lower Saxony's density, Extremadura would have 7.0 million (it has 1.1 million).
• Lower Saxony's centre is 13.6° of latitude, about 1,510 km, farther north than Extremadura'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.
• Extremadura is the 5th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 8.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,510 km) north of Extremadura.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Lower Saxony would have about 5,990 m² and each person in Extremadura about 39,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Lower Saxony and Extremadura would cover 89,700 km², about the same size as Jordan.
• Together they have 9.0 million people, about as many people as Austria.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. 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 41,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,100 km², to within 2%.

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