How many Germanys fit inside Australia?
Germany fits inside Australia about 22 times over — and the map makes that gap look smaller than it really is.
By W. Viljoen · Published 21 June 2026
Filling Australia
4% full
7,366,000 km² to go
It takes 21.6× Germany to fill Australia.
Open in the sandbox The count
Germany fits inside Australia about 22 times over. Australia is a whole continent and
Germany a single European nation, yet the map does a poor job of showing just how far
apart they are.
The numbers
- Australia: 7,723,177 km²
- Germany: 357,177 km²
7,723,177 ÷ 357,177 = 21.6, so about 22 Germanys fit inside Australia.
Why the map hides it
The ratio is projection-proof — 22 is 22 on any map. But here Mercator works against your
intuition: Germany sits well north, around 51°, where the map inflates it appreciably,
while Australia sits at lower southern latitudes and is stretched much less. So on the
map Germany looks relatively larger than it really is — and the true twenty-two-to-one
gap is bigger than the drawn sizes suggest.
Try it
Hit Fill to full to stack Germany until Australia brims — about 22 bands, with the
outback swallowing the lot. Or add them one at a time; open in the sandbox to try any
country.