Spain is 1.40× the size of Germany

Spain covers about 499,000 km² (193,000 mi²) and Germany about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

499,000km²Spain
358,000km²Germany

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Spain
Germany

Outlines show main territory. Spain also has about 7,440 km² of overseas territory. These are not drawn, and not counted in the comparison.

What fits

Germany is 72% of the size of Spain.
Spain is larger by 142,000 km² (54,700 mi²), which is 40% of the area of Germany.
Measured in Belgiums: Spain is about 16.3, Germany about 11.7.

How they differ

Spain is larger, but Germany has the larger population: 83.5 million against 48.6 million, 1.72× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 96 in Spain: Germany is 2.43× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,600 km apart.
On a standard web map Germany looks larger than Spain: Spain at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Germany at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Germany as 1.05× the size of Spain, when Spain is 1.40× the size of Germany.
Together Spain and Germany cover 857,000 km², close to the size of Pakistan (873,000 km², 1.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 142,000 km², is about the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km²).
At Germany's density, Spain would have 118.3 million people (it has 48.6 million). At Spain's density, Germany would have 34.3 million (it has 83.5 million).
Germany's centre is 10.7° of latitude, about 1,190 km, farther north than Spain's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Spain	1.40×
More people	Germany	1.72×
More crowded	Germany	2.43×
Farther north	Germany	10.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.7×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Spain	Germany
Belgium 30,700 km²	16.3×	11.7×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	2.05×	1.47×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.34×	0.96×
France 548,000 km²	0.91×	0.65×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.16×	0.11×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.06×	0.04×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.05×	0.04×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Spain	Germany
Area, main territory	499,000 km²193,000 mi²	358,000 km²138,000 mi²
Area with overseas territory	507,000 km²	358,000 km²
Population	48.6 millionWikidata, 2024	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	96 per km²	233 per km²
Official area	506,000 km²Wikidata	358,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Madrid	Berlin
Latitude range	35°N to 44°N	47°N to 55°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 506,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 507,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 358,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 358,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
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: 2026-11-11

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