New Hampshire is 1.05× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

New Hampshire (state of the United States) covers about 24,300 km² (9,370 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.

24,300km²New Hampshire
23,200km²Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

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New Hampshire
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

What fits

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 96% of the size of New Hampshire.
New Hampshire is larger by 1,060 km² (409 mi²), which is 4.6% of the area of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Measured in Belgiums: New Hampshire is about 0.79, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 0.76.

How they differ

New Hampshire is larger, but Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.4 million, 1.14× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania against 57 in New Hampshire: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 1.19× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,900 km apart.
On a standard web map Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania looks larger than New Hampshire: New Hampshire at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 1.43× the size of New Hampshire, when New Hampshire is 1.05× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Together New Hampshire and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania cover 47,500 km², close to the size of Dominican Republic (48,400 km², 2.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,060 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, New Hampshire would have 1.6 million people (it has 1.4 million). At New Hampshire's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 1.3 million (it has 1.6 million).
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 10.1° of latitude, about 1,120 km, farther north than New Hampshire's.
New Hampshire is the 44th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
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.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,120 km) north of New Hampshire.
Shared out evenly, each person in New Hampshire would have about 17,620 m² and each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 14,770 m².
Laid side by side, New Hampshire and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would cover 47,500 km², about the same size as Dominican Republic.
Together they have 2.9 million people, about as many people as Armenia.

Side by side

	New Hampshire	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Is a	StateUnited States	StateGermany
Area, measured	24,300 km²9,370 mi²	23,200 km²8,960 mi²
Official area	24,200 km²Wikidata	23,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	44th of 51in the United States	6th of 16in Germany
Population	1.4 millionWikidata, 2020	1.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	41st of 51in the United States	14th of 16in Germany
Density	57 per km²	68 per km²
Capital	Concord	Schwerin
Latitude range	43°N to 45°N	53°N to 55°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 24,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 24,300 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
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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