State of Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is a state of Germany. It covers about 36,100 km² (13,900 mi²), the 3rd largest of the 16 states in Natural Earth’s file for Germany, and about the same size as the Netherlands. About 11.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 36,100 km²13,900 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 35,800 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Germany | 10%of the area of the 16 states |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 16states of Germany |
| Population | 11.1 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 307 people per km² |
| Capital | Stuttgart |
| Latitude range | 48°N to 50°N |
| Type | StateDE-BW |
What the numbers say about Baden-Württemberg
- Baden-Württemberg covers 10% of the area of Germany and ranks 3rd of 16 by both area and population.
- It would take 9.90 states the size of Baden-Württemberg to cover Germany.
- Baden-Württemberg holds 13% of the 83.0 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 16 states together: about 1 in 7.
- The largest, Bavaria, is 1.94× the size of Baden-Württemberg; the smallest, Bremen, is 1.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Germany: North Rhine-Westphalia (34,500 km², 1.05×) and Brandenburg (30,000 km², 1.20×).
- Counted as a country, Baden-Württemberg would be larger than 102 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 138th by area, between Taiwan (36,200 km²) and Moldova (33,200 km²).
- With 11.1 million people it would rank 82nd of 238 by population.
- Baden-Württemberg has 307 people per km², about the density of El Salvador, which has 294 per km².
- That makes Baden-Württemberg the 6th most densely populated of the 16 states, 1.32× the average for Germany (232 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large in area, so Baden-Württemberg looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Baden-Württemberg stretches about 251 km north to south and 221 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 35,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 36,100 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaHainan1.07× · 33,800 km²PeopleHainan1.10× · 10.1 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaMaryland1.42× · 25,500 km²PeopleGeorgia (United States)1.04× · 10.7 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaKerala0.96× · 37,700 km²PeopleUttarakhand1.10× · 10.1 million (2011)
- FranceAreaCentre-Val de Loire0.92× · 39,400 km²PeopleÎle-de-France90% · 12.4 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaSicily (Italy)1.40× · 25,900 km²PeopleLombardy1.10× · 10.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCatalonia1.13× · 32,000 km²PeopleAndalusia1.29× · 8.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleKanagawa1.20× · 9.2 million (2020)
- BrazilAreaRio de Janeiro82% · 44,000 km²PeopleRio Grande do Sul1.02× · 10.9 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia66% · 55,100 km²PeopleOntario78% · 14.2 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)53% · 68,100 km²PeopleNew South Wales1.30× · 8.5 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaPuebla1.04× · 34,600 km²PeopleMexico City1.25× · 8.9 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.59× · 22,800 km²PeopleBangkok1.96× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Baden-Württemberg sits in Germany
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2022. Germany’s units share the 2022 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12