Slovakia is 1.02× the size of Lower Saxony

What fits

• Lower Saxony is 98% of the size of Slovakia.
• Slovakia is larger by 862 km² (333 mi²), which is 1.8% of the area of Lower Saxony.
• Measured in Belgiums: Slovakia is about 1.58, Lower Saxony about 1.55.

How they differ

• Slovakia is larger, but Lower Saxony has the larger population: 7.9 million against 5.4 million, 1.47× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 167 in Lower Saxony against 112 in Slovakia: Lower Saxony is 1.50× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 853 km apart.
• On a standard web map Lower Saxony looks larger than Slovakia: Slovakia at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Lower Saxony at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 1.17× the size of Slovakia, when Slovakia is 1.02× the size of Lower Saxony.
• Together Slovakia and Lower Saxony cover 96,100 km², close to the size of Liberia (95,300 km², 0.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 862 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
• At Lower Saxony's density, Slovakia would have 8.1 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Slovakia's density, Lower Saxony would have 5.3 million (it has 7.9 million).
• Lower Saxony's centre is 4.1° of latitude, about 450 km, farther north than Slovakia's.
• Slovakia ranks 131st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 450 km) north of Slovakia.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Slovakia would have about 8,960 m² and each person in Lower Saxony about 5,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Slovakia and Lower Saxony would cover 96,100 km², about the same size as Liberia.
• Together they have 13.4 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
• Counted as a country, Lower Saxony would rank 132nd by area and 101st by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 49,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,500 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 km², to within 2%.

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