Nagaland is 1.01× the size of Thuringia

Nagaland (state of India) covers about 16,300 km² (6,280 mi²) and Thuringia (state of Germany) about 16,100 km² (6,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

16,300km²Nagaland
16,100km²Thuringia

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What fits

Thuringia is 99% of the size of Nagaland.
Nagaland is larger by 204 km² (78.6 mi²), which is 1.3% of the area of Thuringia.
Measured in Belgiums: Nagaland is about 0.53, Thuringia about 0.52.

How they differ

Nagaland is larger, but Thuringia has the larger population: 2.1 million against 2.0 million, 1.07× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 131 in Thuringia against 122 in Nagaland: Thuringia is 1.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,350 km apart.
On a standard web map Thuringia looks larger than Nagaland: Nagaland at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Thuringia at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Thuringia as 2.00× the size of Nagaland, when Nagaland is 1.01× the size of Thuringia.
Together Nagaland and Thuringia cover 32,300 km², close to the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 204 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
At Thuringia's density, Nagaland would have 2.1 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Nagaland's density, Thuringia would have 2.0 million (it has 2.1 million).
Thuringia's centre is 24.8° of latitude, about 2,760 km, farther north than Nagaland's.
Nagaland is the 27th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
Thuringia is the 11th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.5% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Thuringia lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,760 km) north of Nagaland.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nagaland would have about 8,220 m² and each person in Thuringia about 7,610 m².
Laid side by side, Nagaland and Thuringia would cover 32,300 km², about the same size as Guinea-Bissau.
Together they have 4.1 million people, 1.04× as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

	Nagaland	Thuringia
Is a	StateIndia	StateGermany
Area, measured	16,300 km²6,280 mi²	16,100 km²6,200 mi²
Official area	16,600 km²Wikidata	16,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 36in India	11th of 16in Germany
Population	2.0 millionWikidata, 2011	2.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	26th of 36in India	12th of 16in Germany
Density	122 per km²	131 per km²
Capital	Kohima	Erfurt
Latitude range	25°N to 27°N	50°N to 52°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 16,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,300 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 16,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,100 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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