Schleswig-Holstein is 1.12× the size of Montenegro

Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) covers about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²) and Montenegro (Europe) about 13,700 km² (5,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
13,700km²Montenegro

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Schleswig-Holstein
Montenegro

What fits

Montenegro is 89% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 1,710 km² (660 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Montenegro.
Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Montenegro about 0.45.

How they differ

Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 617,000, 4.78× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 45 in Montenegro: Schleswig-Holstein is 4.26× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,440 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Montenegro at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 1.77× the size of Montenegro instead of 1.12×.
Together Schleswig-Holstein and Montenegro cover 29,200 km², close to the size of Armenia (29,600 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,710 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Montenegro's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 694,000 people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Montenegro would have 2.6 million (it has 617,000).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 11.4° of latitude, about 1,270 km, farther north than Montenegro'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.
Montenegro ranks 161st of 246 countries and territories by area.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,270 km) north of Montenegro.
Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Montenegro about 22,240 m².
Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Montenegro would cover 29,200 km², about the same size as Armenia.
Together they have 3.6 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.
Counted as a country, Schleswig-Holstein would rank 159th by area and 137th by population.

Side by side

	Schleswig-Holstein	Montenegro
Is a	StateGermany	CountryEurope
Area, measured	15,400 km²5,960 mi²	13,700 km²5,300 mi²
Official area	15,800 km²Wikidata	13,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 16in Germany	160th of 239worldwide
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022	617,000Wikidata, 2022
Rank by population	9th of 16in Germany	167th of 237worldwide
Density	191 per km²	45 per km²
Capital	Kiel	Podgorica
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	42°N to 44°N

Population: Wikidata 2022. 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 13,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 13,700 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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