Namibia is 27.4× the size of Brandenburg

Namibia (Africa) covers about 823,000 km² (318,000 mi²) and Brandenburg (state of Germany) about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

823,000km²Namibia
30,000km²Brandenburg

500 km

Namibia
Brandenburg

What fits

Brandenburg fits inside Namibia about 27.4 times by area.
Namibia is larger by 793,000 km² (306,000 mi²), which is 2,639% of the area of Brandenburg.
Measured in Belgiums: Namibia is about 26.8, Brandenburg about 0.98.

How they differ

Namibia is larger, but Brandenburg has the larger population: 2.5 million against 2.5 million, 1.00× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 84 in Brandenburg against 3.1 in Namibia: Brandenburg is 27.4× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Namibia at 22°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Brandenburg at 52°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Namibia as 11.8× the size of Brandenburg instead of 27.4×.
Together Namibia and Brandenburg cover 853,000 km², close to the size of Pakistan (873,000 km², 2.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 793,000 km², is about the size of Mozambique (788,000 km²).
At Brandenburg's density, Namibia would have 69.4 million people (it has 2.5 million). At Namibia's density, Brandenburg would have 93,000 (it has 2.5 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 74.5° of latitude, about 8,290 km, farther north than Namibia's.
Namibia ranks 36th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Brandenburg is the 5th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 8.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Brandenburg lies about 75° of latitude (roughly 8,290 km) north of Namibia, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Namibia would have about 324,700 m² and each person in Brandenburg about 11,850 m².
Laid side by side, Namibia and Brandenburg would cover 853,000 km², about the same size as Pakistan.
Together they have 5.1 million people, about as many people as Nicaragua.
Counted as a country, Brandenburg would rank 142nd by area and 143rd by population.

Side by side

	Namibia	Brandenburg
Is a	CountryAfrica	StateGermany
Area, measured	823,000 km²318,000 mi²	30,000 km²11,600 mi²
Official area	826,000 km²Wikidata	29,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	35th of 239worldwide	5th of 16in Germany
Population	2.5 millionWikidata, 2017	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	143rd of 237worldwide	10th of 16in Germany
Density	3.1 per km²	84 per km²
Capital	Windhoek	Potsdam
Latitude range	29°S to 17°S	51°N to 54°N

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 826,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 823,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 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

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