Massachusetts is 1.02× the size of Saxony-Anhalt

Massachusetts (state of the United States) covers about 21,200 km² (8,170 mi²) and Saxony-Anhalt (state of Germany) about 20,700 km² (7,980 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

21,200km²Massachusetts
20,700km²Saxony-Anhalt

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What fits

Saxony-Anhalt is 98% of the size of Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is larger by 496 km² (192 mi²), which is 2.4% of the area of Saxony-Anhalt.
Measured in Belgiums: Massachusetts is about 0.69, Saxony-Anhalt about 0.67.

How they differ

Massachusetts also has the larger population: 7.0 million against 2.1 million, 3.28× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 332 in Massachusetts against 104 in Saxony-Anhalt: Massachusetts is 3.20× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,050 km apart.
On a standard web map Saxony-Anhalt looks larger than Massachusetts: Massachusetts at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Saxony-Anhalt at 52°N about 2.6×, so the map shows Saxony-Anhalt as 1.41× the size of Massachusetts, when Massachusetts is 1.02× the size of Saxony-Anhalt.
Together Massachusetts and Saxony-Anhalt cover 41,800 km², close to the size of Switzerland (41,400 km², 0.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 496 km², is about the size of Palau (492 km²).
At Saxony-Anhalt's density, Massachusetts would have 2.2 million people (it has 7.0 million). At Massachusetts's density, Saxony-Anhalt would have 6.9 million (it has 2.1 million).
Saxony-Anhalt's centre is 9.7° of latitude, about 1,080 km, farther north than Massachusetts's.
Massachusetts is the 45th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Saxony-Anhalt is the 8th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.8% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Saxony-Anhalt lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,080 km) north of Massachusetts.
Shared out evenly, each person in Massachusetts would have about 3,010 m² and each person in Saxony-Anhalt about 9,630 m².
Laid side by side, Massachusetts and Saxony-Anhalt would cover 41,800 km², about the same size as Switzerland.
Together they have 9.2 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.

Side by side

	Massachusetts	Saxony-Anhalt
Is a	StateUnited States	StateGermany
Area, measured	21,200 km²8,170 mi²	20,700 km²7,980 mi²
Official area	27,300 km²Wikidata	20,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	45th of 51in the United States	8th of 16in Germany
Population	7.0 millionWikidata, 2020	2.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	15th of 51in the United States	11th of 16in Germany
Density	332 per km²	104 per km²
Capital	Boston	Magdeburg
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	51°N to 53°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 21,200 km² is 23% below Wikidata's official figure of 27,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 20,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,700 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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