Schleswig-Holstein is 1.36× the size of Murcia

Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) covers about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²) and Murcia (autonomous community of Spain) about 11,300 km² (4,370 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
11,300km²Murcia

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Schleswig-Holstein
Murcia

What fits

Murcia is 73% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 4,130 km² (1,590 mi²), which is 36% of the area of Murcia.
Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Murcia about 0.37.

How they differ

Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.6 million, 1.88× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 139 in Murcia: Schleswig-Holstein is 1.38× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,990 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Murcia at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 2.47× the size of Murcia instead of 1.36×.
Together Schleswig-Holstein and Murcia cover 26,700 km², close to the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 4,130 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Murcia's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 2.1 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Murcia would have 2.2 million (it has 1.6 million).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 16.2° of latitude, about 1,800 km, farther north than Murcia'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.
Murcia is the 9th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,800 km) north of Murcia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Murcia about 7,190 m².
Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Murcia would cover 26,700 km², about the same size as Equatorial Guinea.
Together they have 4.5 million people, about as many people as Panama.

Side by side

	Schleswig-Holstein	Murcia
Is a	StateGermany	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	15,400 km²5,960 mi²	11,300 km²4,370 mi²
Official area	15,800 km²Wikidata	11,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 16in Germany	9th of 19in Spain
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022	1.6 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	9th of 16in Germany	10th of 19in Spain
Density	191 per km²	139 per km²
Capital	Kiel	Murcia City
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	37°N to 39°N

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 11,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,300 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

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