Valencian Community and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are almost exactly the same size

Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (state of Germany) about 23,200 km² (8,960 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.

23,300km²Valencian Community
23,200km²Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

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Valencian Community
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

What fits

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 100% of the size of Valencian Community.
The measured areas differ by 59.0 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
Measured in Belgiums: Valencian Community is about 0.76, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 0.76.

How they differ

Valencian Community also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 1.6 million, 3.38× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 229 in Valencian Community against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Valencian Community is 3.38× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,880 km apart.
On a standard web map Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania looks larger than Valencian Community: Valencian Community at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 1.70× the size of Valencian Community, when Valencian Community is 1.00× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Together Valencian Community and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania cover 46,500 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 1.4% smaller).
At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Valencian Community would have 1.6 million people (it has 5.3 million). At Valencian Community's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 5.3 million (it has 1.6 million).
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 14.4° of latitude, about 1,600 km, farther north than Valencian Community's.
Valencian Community is the 8th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 4.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the 6th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,600 km) north of Valencian Community.
Shared out evenly, each person in Valencian Community would have about 4,380 m² and each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 14,770 m².
Laid side by side, Valencian Community and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would cover 46,500 km², about the same size as Estonia.
Together they have 6.9 million people, about as many people as Laos.

Side by side

	Valencian Community	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateGermany
Area, measured	23,300 km²8,980 mi²	23,200 km²8,960 mi²
Official area	23,300 km²Wikidata	23,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 19in Spain	6th of 16in Germany
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	1.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	4th of 19in Spain	14th of 16in Germany
Density	229 per km²	68 per km²
Capital	Valencia	Schwerin
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	53°N to 55°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 23,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,300 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 km², to within 2%.

Similar in size to Valencian Community

Similar in size to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Valencian Community is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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