Saarland is 1.60× the size of Guadeloupe
Saarland (state of Germany) covers about 2,650 km² (1,020 mi²) and Guadeloupe (overseas region of France) about 1,660 km² (640 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 2,650km²Saarland
- 1,660km²Guadeloupe
20 km
- Saarland
- Guadeloupe
What fits
- Guadeloupe is 62% of the size of Saarland.
- Saarland is larger by 997 km² (385 mi²), which is 60% of the area of Guadeloupe.
- Measured in Belgiums: Saarland is about 0.09, Guadeloupe about 0.05.
How they differ
- Saarland also has the larger population: 1.0 million against 384,000, 2.62× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 379 in Saarland against 231 in Guadeloupe: Saarland is 1.64× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,100 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Saarland at 49°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Guadeloupe at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Saarland as 3.48× the size of Guadeloupe instead of 1.60×.
- Together Saarland and Guadeloupe cover 4,310 km², close to the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km², 8.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 997 km², is about the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km²).
- At Guadeloupe's density, Saarland would have 614,000 people (it has 1.0 million). At Saarland's density, Guadeloupe would have 629,000 (it has 384,000).
- Saarland's centre is 33.2° of latitude, about 3,690 km, farther north than Guadeloupe's.
- Saarland is the 13th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Guadeloupe is the 16th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Saarland lies about 33° of latitude (roughly 3,690 km) north of Guadeloupe.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Saarland would have about 2,640 m² and each person in Guadeloupe about 4,320 m².
- Laid side by side, Saarland and Guadeloupe would cover 4,310 km², 1.10× the size of Cape Verde.
- Together they have 1.4 million people, about as many people as East Timor.
- Guadeloupe is drawn from 94 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
Side by side
| Saarland | Guadeloupe | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateGermany | Overseas regionFrance |
| Area, measured | 2,650 km²1,020 mi² | 1,660 km²640 mi² |
| Official area | 2,570 km²Wikidata | 1,630 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 16in Germany | 16th of 18in France |
| Population | 1.0 millionWikidata, 2022 | 384,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 15th of 16in Germany | 14th of 18in France |
| Density | 379 per km² | 231 per km² |
| Capital | Saarbrücken | Basse-Terre |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 50°N | 16°N to 17°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 2,650 km² is 3.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,570 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,630 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,660 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