How big is Germany really?
Germany covers 357,588 km² (138,000 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 2.5 times bigger than it really is.
See Germany at its true size on the map →True size vs the map
Both drawn at the same scale. The map keeps shapes but swells everything away from the equator.
Germany in numbers
- Germany is the 64th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
- On the map Germany looks bigger than Mozambique, but Mozambique is really 2.2 times larger.
- Countries of about the same true size: Philippines (343,448 km²), Congo (342,000 km²), Finland (338,478 km²).
- Germany is about 47% bigger than the United Kingdom.
Why the map gets Germany wrong
Germany lies around 51°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.59 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 2.5 times too big near its middle. Most web maps use this projection because it keeps angles and shapes right for navigation, not because it shows sizes fairly.
In Globegami you can drag a copy of Germany anywhere on Earth: it keeps its true size and grows or shrinks on the map as it moves, and you can fold the map back into a globe.
Compare Germany
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works