State of Germany
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a state of Germany. It covers about 20,700 km² (7,980 mi²), the 8th largest of the 16 states in Natural Earth’s file for Germany, and about the same size as El Salvador. About 2.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 20,700 km²7,980 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 20,500 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Germany | 5.8%of the area of the 16 states |
| Rank by area | 8th of 16states of Germany |
| Population | 2.1 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 104 people per km² |
| Capital | Magdeburg |
| Latitude range | 51°N to 53°N |
| Type | StateDE-ST |
What the numbers say about Saxony-Anhalt
- Saxony-Anhalt covers 5.8% of the area of Germany and ranks 11th of 16 by population, against 8th by area.
- It would take 17.3 states the size of Saxony-Anhalt to cover Germany.
- Saxony-Anhalt holds 2.6% of the 83.0 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 16 states together: about 1 in 39.
- The largest, Bavaria, is 3.39× the size of Saxony-Anhalt; the smallest, Bremen, is 1.9% of it.
- Closest in size within Germany: Hesse (21,000 km², 1.02×) and Rhineland-Palatinate (20,100 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Saxony-Anhalt would be larger than 87 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 153rd by area, between Djibouti (21,800 km²) and El Salvador (20,500 km²).
- With 2.1 million people it would rank 146th of 238 by population.
- Saxony-Anhalt has 104 people per km², about the density of Malaysia, which has 104 per km².
- That makes Saxony-Anhalt the 14th most densely populated of the 16 states, 45% of the average for Germany (232 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 52°N is drawn about 2.6× too large in area, so Saxony-Anhalt looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Saxony-Anhalt stretches about 236 km north to south and 183 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 20,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,700 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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- IndiaAreaMizoram0.97× · 21,200 km²PeopleNagaland1.08× · 2.0 million (2011)
- FranceAreaBrittany76% · 27,300 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire83% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaApulia1.06× · 19,500 km²PeopleCalabria1.10× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaValencian Community89% · 23,300 km²PeopleCastilla–La Mancha1.02× · 2.1 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.34× · 15,500 km²PeopleNiigata0.98× · 2.2 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe0.96× · 21,600 km²PeopleSergipe0.97× · 2.2 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleManitoba1.60× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia1.13× · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaHidalgo0.97× · 21,300 km²PeopleQuerétaro1.05× · 2.0 million (2015)
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Where Saxony-Anhalt 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