Thailand is 1.44× the size of Germany

Thailand covers about 514,000 km² (199,000 mi²) and Germany about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

514,000km²Thailand
358,000km²Germany

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Thailand
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What fits

Germany is 70% of the size of Thailand.
Thailand is larger by 157,000 km² (60,500 mi²), which is 44% of the area of Germany.
Measured in Belgiums: Thailand is about 16.8, Germany about 11.7.

How they differ

Thailand is larger, but Germany has the larger population: 83.5 million against 66.2 million, 1.26× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 129 in Thailand: Germany is 1.81× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,750 km apart.
On a standard web map Germany looks larger than Thailand: Thailand at 15°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Germany at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Germany as 1.64× the size of Thailand, when Thailand is 1.44× the size of Germany.
Together Thailand and Germany cover 872,000 km², close to the size of Pakistan (873,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 157,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
At Germany's density, Thailand would have 120.1 million people (it has 66.2 million). At Thailand's density, Germany would have 46.0 million (it has 83.5 million).
Germany's centre is 36.0° of latitude, about 4,000 km, farther north than Thailand's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Thailand	1.44×
More people	Germany	1.26×
More crowded	Germany	1.81×
Farther north	Germany	36.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Thailand	Germany
Belgium 30,700 km²	16.8×	11.7×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	2.11×	1.47×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.38×	0.96×
France 548,000 km²	0.94×	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

	Thailand	Germany
Area, main territory	514,000 km²199,000 mi²	358,000 km²138,000 mi²
Population	66.2 millionWikidata, 2017	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	129 per km²	233 per km²
Official area	513,000 km²Wikidata	358,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Bangkok	Berlin
Latitude range	6°N to 20°N	47°N to 55°N
Continent	Asia	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 513,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 514,000 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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