Punjab is 1.06× the size of Lower Saxony
Punjab (state of India) covers about 50,400 km² (19,500 mi²) and Lower Saxony (state of Germany) about 47,600 km² (18,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 50,400km²Punjab
- 47,600km²Lower Saxony
100 km
- Punjab
- Lower Saxony
What fits
- Lower Saxony is 94% of the size of Punjab.
- Punjab is larger by 2,780 km² (1,070 mi²), which is 5.8% of the area of Lower Saxony.
- Measured in Belgiums: Punjab is about 1.64, Lower Saxony about 1.55.
How they differ
- Punjab also has the larger population: 27.7 million against 7.9 million, 3.49× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 551 in Punjab against 167 in Lower Saxony: Punjab is 3.30× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,770 km apart.
- On a standard web map Lower Saxony looks larger than Punjab: Punjab at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Lower Saxony at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 1.90× the size of Punjab, when Punjab is 1.06× the size of Lower Saxony.
- Together Punjab and Lower Saxony cover 98,000 km², close to the size of South Korea (98,500 km², 0.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 2,780 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
- At Lower Saxony's density, Punjab would have 8.4 million people (it has 27.7 million). At Punjab's density, Lower Saxony would have 26.2 million (it has 7.9 million).
- Lower Saxony's centre is 21.9° of latitude, about 2,440 km, farther north than Punjab's.
- Punjab is the 20th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Lower Saxony lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,440 km) north of Punjab.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Punjab would have about 1,820 m² and each person in Lower Saxony about 5,990 m².
- Laid side by side, Punjab and Lower Saxony would cover 98,000 km², about the same size as South Korea.
- Together they have 35.7 million people, about as many people as Uzbekistan.
Side by side
| Punjab | Lower Saxony | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 50,400 km²19,500 mi² | 47,600 km²18,400 mi² |
| Official area | 50,400 km²Wikidata | 47,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 36in India | 2nd of 16in Germany |
| Population | 27.7 millionWikidata, 2011 | 7.9 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 17th of 36in India | 4th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 551 per km² | 167 per km² |
| Capital | Chandigarh | Hanover |
| Latitude range | 30°N to 33°N | 51°N to 54°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 50,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 50,400 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 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