Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 2.05× the size of Murcia

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (state of Germany) covers about 23,200 km² (8,960 mi²) and Murcia (autonomous community of Spain) about 11,300 km² (4,370 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,200km²Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
11,300km²Murcia

50 km

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Murcia

What fits

Murcia fits inside Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 2.05 times by area.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger by 11,900 km² (4,590 mi²), which is 105% of the area of Murcia.
Measured in Belgiums: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is about 0.76, Murcia about 0.37.

How they differ

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger, but Murcia has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.6 million, 1.00× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 139 in Murcia against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Murcia is 2.05× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,050 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Murcia at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 3.64× the size of Murcia instead of 2.05×.
Together Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Murcia cover 34,500 km², close to the size of Moldova (33,200 km², 3.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 11,900 km², is about the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km²).
At Murcia's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 3.2 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Murcia would have 765,000 (it has 1.6 million).
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 15.8° of latitude, about 1,750 km, farther north than Murcia's.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the 6th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Murcia is the 9th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,750 km) north of Murcia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have about 14,770 m² and each person in Murcia about 7,190 m².
Laid side by side, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Murcia would cover 34,500 km², 1.04× the size of Moldova.
Together they have 3.1 million people, 1.07× as many people as Armenia.

Side by side

	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Murcia
Is a	StateGermany	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	23,200 km²8,960 mi²	11,300 km²4,370 mi²
Official area	23,200 km²Wikidata	11,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	6th of 16in Germany	9th of 19in Spain
Population	1.6 millionWikidata, 2022	1.6 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	14th of 16in Germany	10th of 19in Spain
Density	68 per km²	139 per km²
Capital	Schwerin	Murcia City
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	37°N to 39°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 11,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,300 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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