Netherlands is 1.24× the size of Brandenburg

Netherlands (Europe) covers about 37,100 km² (14,300 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.

37,100km²Netherlands
30,000km²Brandenburg

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Netherlands
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What fits

Brandenburg is 81% of the size of Netherlands.
Netherlands is larger by 7,060 km² (2,730 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Brandenburg.
Measured in Belgiums: Netherlands is about 1.21, Brandenburg about 0.98.

How they differ

Netherlands also has the larger population: 17.9 million against 2.5 million, 7.08× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 480 in Netherlands against 84 in Brandenburg: Netherlands is 5.69× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 532 km apart.
Together Netherlands and Brandenburg cover 67,100 km², close to the size of Sri Lanka (66,300 km², 1.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 7,060 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Brandenburg's density, Netherlands would have 3.2 million people (it has 17.9 million). At Netherlands's density, Brandenburg would have 14.4 million (it has 2.5 million).
Their centres lie at almost the same latitude.
Netherlands ranks 137th 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.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 52°N and 52°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Netherlands would have about 2,080 m² and each person in Brandenburg about 11,850 m².
Laid side by side, Netherlands and Brandenburg would cover 67,100 km², about the same size as Sri Lanka.
Together they have 20.5 million people, about as many people as Kazakhstan.
Counted as a country, Brandenburg would rank 142nd by area and 143rd by population.

Side by side

	Netherlands	Brandenburg
Is a	CountryEurope	StateGermany
Area, measured	37,100 km²14,300 mi²	30,000 km²11,600 mi²
Official area	37,400 km²Wikidata	29,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	136th of 239worldwide	5th of 16in Germany
Population	17.9 millionWikidata, 2024	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	67th of 237worldwide	10th of 16in Germany
Density	480 per km²	84 per km²
Capital	Amsterdam	Potsdam
Latitude range	51°N to 54°N	51°N to 54°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 37,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 37,400 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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