State of Germany
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is a state of Germany. It covers about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²), the 5th largest of the 16 states in Natural Earth’s file for Germany, and about the same size as Lesotho. About 2.5 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 30,000 km²11,600 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 29,500 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Germany | 8.4%of the area of the 16 states |
| Rank by area | 5th of 16states of Germany |
| Population | 2.5 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 84 people per km² |
| Capital | Potsdam |
| Latitude range | 51°N to 54°N |
| Type | StateDE-BB |
What the numbers say about Brandenburg
- Brandenburg covers 8.4% of the area of Germany and ranks 10th of 16 by population, against 5th by area.
- It would take 11.9 states the size of Brandenburg to cover Germany.
- Brandenburg holds 3.1% of the 83.0 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 16 states together: about 1 in 33.
- The largest, Bavaria, is 2.33× the size of Brandenburg; the smallest, Bremen, is 1.3% of it.
- Closest in size within Germany: North Rhine-Westphalia (34,500 km², 1.15×) and Baden-Württemberg (36,100 km², 1.20×).
- Counted as a country, Brandenburg would be larger than 98 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 142nd by area, between Lesotho (30,100 km²) and Armenia (29,600 km²).
- With 2.5 million people it would rank 143rd of 238 by population.
- Brandenburg has 84 people per km², about the density of Burkina Faso, which has 84 per km².
- That makes Brandenburg the 15th most densely populated of the 16 states, 36% of the average for Germany (232 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large in area, so Brandenburg looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Brandenburg stretches about 244 km north to south and 235 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 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.
- ChinaAreaHainan89% · 33,800 km²PeopleTibet69% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaMaryland1.18× · 25,500 km²PeopleKansas86% · 2.9 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaKerala80% · 37,700 km²PeopleManipur89% · 2.9 million (2011)
- FranceAreaNormandy1.00× · 30,100 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire0.98× · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaSicily (Italy)1.16× · 25,900 km²PeopleCalabria1.30× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaGalicia1.02× · 29,600 km²PeopleCastile and León1.06× · 2.4 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.94× · 15,500 km²PeopleKyoto0.99× · 2.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaAlagoas1.09× · 27,600 km²PeopleMato Grosso do Sul0.92× · 2.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia55% · 55,100 km²PeopleAlberta59% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleWestern Australia84% · 3.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaGuanajuato0.99× · 30,400 km²PeopleTabasco1.05× · 2.4 million (2020)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.32× · 22,800 km²PeopleNakhon Ratchasima0.96× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Brandenburg 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