Romania is 6.84× the size of North Rhine-Westphalia

Romania (Europe) covers about 236,000 km² (91,300 mi²) and North Rhine-Westphalia (state of Germany) about 34,500 km² (13,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

236,000km²Romania
34,500km²North Rhine-Westphalia

200 km

Romania
North Rhine-Westphalia

What fits

North Rhine-Westphalia fits inside Romania about 6.84 times by area.
Romania is larger by 202,000 km² (77,900 mi²), which is 584% of the area of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Measured in Belgiums: Romania is about 7.71, North Rhine-Westphalia about 1.13.

How they differ

Romania also has the larger population: 19.1 million against 17.9 million, 1.07× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 518 in North Rhine-Westphalia against 81 in Romania: North Rhine-Westphalia is 6.43× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,420 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Romania at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and North Rhine-Westphalia at 51°N about 2.6×, so the map shows Romania as 5.47× the size of North Rhine-Westphalia instead of 6.84×.
Together Romania and North Rhine-Westphalia cover 271,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 202,000 km², is about the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km²).
At North Rhine-Westphalia's density, Romania would have 122.4 million people (it has 19.1 million). At Romania's density, North Rhine-Westphalia would have 2.8 million (it has 17.9 million).
North Rhine-Westphalia's centre is 5.6° of latitude, about 630 km, farther north than Romania's.
Romania ranks 83rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
North Rhine-Westphalia is the 4th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 9.7% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
North Rhine-Westphalia lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 625 km) north of Romania.
Shared out evenly, each person in Romania would have about 12,410 m² and each person in North Rhine-Westphalia about 1,930 m².
Laid side by side, Romania and North Rhine-Westphalia would cover 271,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
Together they have 36.9 million people, about as many people as Canada.
Counted as a country, North Rhine-Westphalia would rank 138th by area and 68th by population.

Side by side

	Romania	North Rhine-Westphalia
Is a	CountryEurope	StateGermany
Area, measured	236,000 km²91,300 mi²	34,500 km²13,300 mi²
Official area	238,000 km²Wikidata	34,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	82nd of 239worldwide	4th of 16in Germany
Population	19.1 millionWikidata, 2022	17.9 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	66th of 237worldwide	1st of 16in Germany
Density	81 per km²	518 per km²
Capital	Bucharest	Düsseldorf
Latitude range	44°N to 48°N	50°N to 53°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 238,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 236,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 34,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 34,500 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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