Valencian Community is 1.16× the size of Rhineland-Palatinate

Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²) and Rhineland-Palatinate (state of Germany) about 20,100 km² (7,760 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,300km²Valencian Community
20,100km²Rhineland-Palatinate

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Valencian Community
Rhineland-Palatinate

What fits

Rhineland-Palatinate is 86% of the size of Valencian Community.
Valencian Community is larger by 3,170 km² (1,220 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Measured in Belgiums: Valencian Community is about 0.76, Rhineland-Palatinate about 0.66.

How they differ

Valencian Community also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 4.1 million, 1.30× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 229 in Valencian Community against 204 in Rhineland-Palatinate: Valencian Community is 1.12× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,330 km apart.
On a standard web map Rhineland-Palatinate looks larger than Valencian Community: Valencian Community at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Rhineland-Palatinate at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Rhineland-Palatinate as 1.24× the size of Valencian Community, when Valencian Community is 1.16× the size of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Together Valencian Community and Rhineland-Palatinate cover 43,400 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 1.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,170 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Rhineland-Palatinate's density, Valencian Community would have 4.7 million people (it has 5.3 million). At Valencian Community's density, Rhineland-Palatinate would have 4.6 million (it has 4.1 million).
Rhineland-Palatinate's centre is 10.5° of latitude, about 1,170 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.
Rhineland-Palatinate is the 9th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.6% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Rhineland-Palatinate lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,170 km) north of Valencian Community.
Shared out evenly, each person in Valencian Community would have about 4,380 m² and each person in Rhineland-Palatinate about 4,910 m².
Laid side by side, Valencian Community and Rhineland-Palatinate would cover 43,400 km², about the same size as Denmark.
Together they have 9.4 million people, about as many people as Tajikistan.

Side by side

	Valencian Community	Rhineland-Palatinate
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateGermany
Area, measured	23,300 km²8,980 mi²	20,100 km²7,760 mi²
Official area	23,300 km²Wikidata	19,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 19in Spain	9th of 16in Germany
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	4.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	4th of 19in Spain	6th of 16in Germany
Density	229 per km²	204 per km²
Capital	Valencia	Mainz
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	49°N to 51°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 19,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,100 km², to within 2%.

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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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