Germany covers 357,581 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.3% of all land on Earth. It ranks 64th of 237 countries worldwide and 7th in Europe. At 51° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 2.5×, drawing it closer to 904,859 km², a difference of roughly 153%.
For scale, Germany is roughly the same size as Congo (342,000 km²).
You could fit 3 of Cuba inside Germany.
Germany: key figures
| True area | 357,581 km² |
| World rank | 64th |
| Share of world land | 0.3% |
| Rank in Europe | 7th / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 2.5× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 904,859 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)