Schleswig-Holstein is 1.02× the size of East Timor

Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) covers about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²) and East Timor (Asia) about 15,100 km² (5,820 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
15,100km²East Timor

100 km

Schleswig-Holstein
East Timor

What fits

East Timor is 98% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 354 km² (137 mi²), which is 2.3% of the area of East Timor.
Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, East Timor about 0.49.

How they differ

Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.4 million, 2.11× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 93 in East Timor: Schleswig-Holstein is 2.06× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 12,500 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and East Timor at 9°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 2.92× the size of East Timor instead of 1.02×.
Together Schleswig-Holstein and East Timor cover 30,500 km², close to the size of Belgium (30,700 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 354 km², is about the size of Grenada (347 km²).
At East Timor's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 1.4 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, East Timor would have 2.9 million (it has 1.4 million).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 63.0° of latitude, about 7,010 km, farther north than East Timor's.
Schleswig-Holstein is the 12th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
East Timor ranks 160th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 7,010 km) north of East Timor, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in East Timor about 10,770 m².
Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and East Timor would cover 30,500 km², about the same size as Belgium.
Together they have 4.4 million people, about as many people as Kuwait.
Counted as a country, Schleswig-Holstein would rank 159th by area and 137th by population.

Side by side

	Schleswig-Holstein	East Timor
Is a	StateGermany	CountryAsia
Area, measured	15,400 km²5,960 mi²	15,100 km²5,820 mi²
Official area	15,800 km²Wikidata	14,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 16in Germany	159th of 239worldwide
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022	1.4 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	9th of 16in Germany	155th of 237worldwide
Density	191 per km²	93 per km²
Capital	Kiel	Dili
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	10°S to 8°S

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 15,400 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 14,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,100 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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