Netherlands is 1.60× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Netherlands (Europe) covers about 37,100 km² (14,300 mi²) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (state of Germany) about 23,200 km² (8,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

37,100km²Netherlands
23,200km²Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

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Netherlands
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

What fits

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 63% of the size of Netherlands.
Netherlands is larger by 13,900 km² (5,360 mi²), which is 60% of the area of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Measured in Belgiums: Netherlands is about 1.21, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 0.76.

How they differ

Netherlands also has the larger population: 17.9 million against 1.6 million, 11.4× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 480 in Netherlands against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Netherlands is 7.09× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 493 km apart.
Together Netherlands and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania cover 60,300 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 5.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 13,900 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Netherlands would have 2.5 million people (it has 17.9 million). At Netherlands's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 11.1 million (it has 1.6 million).
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 1.5° of latitude, about 170 km, farther north than Netherlands's.
Netherlands ranks 137th of 246 countries and territories by area.
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.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 52°N and 54°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Netherlands would have about 2,080 m² and each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 14,770 m².
Laid side by side, Netherlands and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would cover 60,300 km², 1.06× the size of Togo.
Together they have 19.5 million people, about as many people as Chile.
Counted as a country, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would rank 150th by area and 154th by population.

Side by side

	Netherlands	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Is a	CountryEurope	StateGermany
Area, measured	37,100 km²14,300 mi²	23,200 km²8,960 mi²
Official area	37,400 km²Wikidata	23,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	136th of 239worldwide	6th of 16in Germany
Population	17.9 millionWikidata, 2024	1.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	67th of 237worldwide	14th of 16in Germany
Density	480 per km²	68 per km²
Capital	Amsterdam	Schwerin
Latitude range	51°N to 54°N	53°N to 55°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 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 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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