State of Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is a state of Germany. It covers about 20,100 km² (7,760 mi²), the 9th largest of the 16 states in Natural Earth’s file for Germany, and about the same size as Slovenia. About 4.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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- Rhineland-Palatinate
Facts
| Area, measured | 20,100 km²7,760 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 19,900 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Germany | 5.6%of the area of the 16 states |
| Rank by area | 9th of 16states of Germany |
| Population | 4.1 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 204 people per km² |
| Capital | Mainz |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N |
| Type | StateDE-RP |
What the numbers say about Rhineland-Palatinate
- Rhineland-Palatinate covers 5.6% of the area of Germany and ranks 6th of 16 by population, against 9th by area.
- It would take 17.8 states the size of Rhineland-Palatinate to cover Germany.
- Rhineland-Palatinate holds 4.9% of the 83.0 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 16 states together: about 1 in 20.
- The largest, Bavaria, is 3.48× the size of Rhineland-Palatinate; the smallest, Bremen, is 1.9% of it.
- Closest in size within Germany: Saxony-Anhalt (20,700 km², 1.03×) and Hesse (21,000 km², 1.05×).
- Counted as a country, Rhineland-Palatinate would be larger than 85 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 155th by area, between Slovenia (20,300 km²) and Fiji (18,900 km²).
- With 4.1 million people it would rank 130th of 238 by population.
- Rhineland-Palatinate has 204 people per km², about the density of Nepal, which has 198 per km².
- That makes Rhineland-Palatinate the 9th most densely populated of the 16 states, 88% of the average for Germany (232 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large in area, so Rhineland-Palatinate looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Rhineland-Palatinate stretches about 219 km north to south and 173 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 19,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,100 km², to within 2%.
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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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- IndiaAreaMizoram0.95× · 21,200 km²PeopleTripura1.11× · 3.7 million (2011)
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- ItalyAreaApulia1.03× · 19,500 km²PeopleApulia1.02× · 4.0 million (2019)
- SpainAreaValencian Community86% · 23,300 km²PeopleValencian Community77% · 5.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.30× · 15,500 km²PeopleShizuoka1.13× · 3.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe0.93× · 21,600 km²PeopleParaíba1.03× · 4.0 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleAlberta0.96× · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleWestern Australia1.36× · 3.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaHidalgo0.94× · 21,300 km²PeopleOaxaca1.03× · 4.0 million (2015)
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Where Rhineland-Palatinate sits in Germany
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Ranked within 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