Valencian Community is 1.13× the size of Saxony-Anhalt

Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²) and Saxony-Anhalt (state of Germany) about 20,700 km² (7,980 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,300km²Valencian Community
20,700km²Saxony-Anhalt

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Valencian Community
Saxony-Anhalt

What fits

Saxony-Anhalt is 89% of the size of Valencian Community.
Valencian Community is larger by 2,600 km² (1,000 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Saxony-Anhalt.
Measured in Belgiums: Valencian Community is about 0.76, Saxony-Anhalt about 0.67.

How they differ

Valencian Community also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 2.1 million, 2.48× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 229 in Valencian Community against 104 in Saxony-Anhalt: Valencian Community is 2.20× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,690 km apart.
On a standard web map Saxony-Anhalt looks larger than Valencian Community: Valencian Community at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Saxony-Anhalt at 52°N about 2.6×, so the map shows Saxony-Anhalt as 1.40× the size of Valencian Community, when Valencian Community is 1.13× the size of Saxony-Anhalt.
Together Valencian Community and Saxony-Anhalt cover 43,900 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 2.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,600 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Saxony-Anhalt's density, Valencian Community would have 2.4 million people (it has 5.3 million). At Valencian Community's density, Saxony-Anhalt would have 4.7 million (it has 2.1 million).
Saxony-Anhalt's centre is 12.6° of latitude, about 1,400 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.
Saxony-Anhalt is the 8th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.8% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Saxony-Anhalt lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,400 km) north of Valencian Community.
Shared out evenly, each person in Valencian Community would have about 4,380 m² and each person in Saxony-Anhalt about 9,630 m².
Laid side by side, Valencian Community and Saxony-Anhalt would cover 43,900 km², about the same size as Denmark.
Together they have 7.5 million people, about as many people as Libya.

Side by side

	Valencian Community	Saxony-Anhalt
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateGermany
Area, measured	23,300 km²8,980 mi²	20,700 km²7,980 mi²
Official area	23,300 km²Wikidata	20,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 19in Spain	8th of 16in Germany
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	2.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	4th of 19in Spain	11th of 16in Germany
Density	229 per km²	104 per km²
Capital	Valencia	Magdeburg
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	51°N to 53°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 20,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,700 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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