State of Germany
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is a state of Germany. It covers about 23,200 km² (8,960 mi²), the 6th largest of the 16 states in Natural Earth’s file for Germany, and 1.04× the size of Belize. About 1.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Belize
Facts
| Area, measured | 23,200 km²8,960 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 23,200 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Germany | 6.5%of the area of the 16 states |
| Rank by area | 6th of 16states of Germany |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 68 people per km² |
| Capital | Schwerin |
| Latitude range | 53°N to 55°N |
| Type | StateDE-MV |
What the numbers say about Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania covers 6.5% of the area of Germany and ranks 14th of 16 by population, against 6th by area.
- It would take 15.4 states the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to cover Germany.
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania holds 1.9% of the 83.0 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 16 states together: about 1 in 53.
- The largest, Bavaria, is 3.02× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; the smallest, Bremen, is 1.7% of it.
- Closest in size within Germany: Hesse (21,000 km², 1.10×) and Saxony-Anhalt (20,700 km², 1.12×).
- Counted as a country, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would be larger than 90 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 150th by area, between Rwanda (25,300 km²) and Belize (22,300 km²).
- With 1.6 million people it would rank 154th of 238 by population.
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has 68 people per km², about the density of Mexico, which has 68 per km².
- That makes Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania the 16th most densely populated of the 16 states, 29% of the average for Germany (232 per km²).
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has 62.4× the room per person of Berlin, the most crowded of the 16: 68 against 4,223 people per km².
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large in area, so Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania stretches about 175 km north to south and 252 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 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.
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- JapanAreaIwate1.50× · 15,500 km²PeopleKagoshima0.99× · 1.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe1.07× · 21,600 km²PeopleRondônia0.99× · 1.6 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleManitoba1.17× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia83% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaTabasco0.96× · 24,100 km²PeopleZacatecas0.93× · 1.7 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.02× · 22,800 km²PeopleUdon Thani1.00× · 1.6 million (2020)
Where Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania sits in Germany
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Ranked within Germany
- 3Baden-Württemberg36,100 km²
- 4North Rhine-Westphalia34,500 km²
- 5Brandenburg30,000 km²
- 6Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania23,200 km²
- 7Hesse21,000 km²
- 8Saxony-Anhalt20,700 km²
- 9Rhineland-Palatinate20,100 km²
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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