State of Germany
Thuringia
Thuringia is a state of Germany. It covers about 16,100 km² (6,200 mi²), the 11th largest of the 16 states in Natural Earth’s file for Germany, and 94% of the size of Eswatini. About 2.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 16,100 km²6,200 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 16,200 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Germany | 4.5%of the area of the 16 states |
| Rank by area | 11th of 16states of Germany |
| Population | 2.1 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 131 people per km² |
| Capital | Erfurt |
| Latitude range | 50°N to 52°N |
| Type | StateDE-TH |
What the numbers say about Thuringia
- Thuringia covers 4.5% of the area of Germany and ranks 12th of 16 by population, against 11th by area.
- It would take 22.3 states the size of Thuringia to cover Germany.
- Thuringia holds 2.5% 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 4.36× the size of Thuringia; the smallest, Bremen, is 2.4% of it.
- Closest in size within Germany: Schleswig-Holstein (15,400 km², 1.04×) and Saxony (18,200 km², 1.13×).
- Counted as a country, Thuringia would be larger than 81 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 159th by area, between Eswatini (17,100 km²) and East Timor (15,100 km²).
- With 2.1 million people it would rank 146th of 238 by population.
- Thuringia has 131 people per km², about the density of Thailand, which has 129 per km².
- That makes Thuringia the 13th most densely populated of the 16 states, 57% of the average for Germany (232 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large in area, so Thuringia looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Thuringia stretches about 159 km north to south and 195 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 16,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,100 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.
- ChinaAreaBeijing0.99× · 16,300 km²PeopleTibet58% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaHawaii0.95× · 16,800 km²PeopleNew Mexico1.00× · 2.1 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaNagaland0.99× · 16,300 km²PeopleNagaland1.07× · 2.0 million (2011)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France1.33× · 12,100 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire82% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaLazio0.94× · 17,000 km²PeopleCalabria1.08× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaMurcia1.42× · 11,300 km²PeopleCastilla–La Mancha1.01× · 2.1 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.04× · 15,500 km²PeopleNiigata0.96× · 2.2 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe74% · 21,600 km²PeopleSergipe0.95× · 2.2 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleManitoba1.57× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia1.12× · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaHidalgo75% · 21,300 km²PeopleQuerétaro1.04× · 2.0 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaTak0.98× · 16,400 km²PeopleUbon Ratchathani1.13× · 1.9 million (2020)
Where Thuringia 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