Total & land area: Germany vs Lithuania size comparison

Germany is 5.48 times bigger by total area compared to Lithuania: 138,065 sq mi vs 25,212 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Germany is 134,916 sq mi vs 24,170 sq mi for Lithuania — a 5.58 times difference in territory size.

Germany ranks 63/197 by total surface area vs 121/197 for Lithuania.
Germany occupies 0.23% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.04% for Lithuania.
47.5% of Germany's area is agricultural land vs 45.9% in Lithuania.
Germany has 0.35% of the world's agricultural land area — Lithuania has 0.06%.
32.7% of Germany is covered by forests, compared to 35.2% in Lithuania.
0.28% of the world's forests are in Germany, and 0.05% are in Lithuania.

True size map comparison: Germany vs Lithuania

See how Germany and Lithuania compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Germany	Lithuania
Total area	138,065 sq mi	25,212 sq mi
Size difference ratio	5.48	1
Total area rank	63/197	121/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.07%	0.01%
Land area	134,916 sq mi	24,170 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	5.58	1
Land area rank	63/197	120/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.23%	0.04%
Population	83,516,593	2,888,278
Population density	612 ppl/mi²	117.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Germany	Lithuania
Forest area	44,089 sq mi	8,515 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	32.7%	35.2%
Forest area rank	51/196	102/196
World's forests share	0.28%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	64,039 sq mi	11,093 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.5%	45.9%
Agricultural land area rank	54/194	105/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.35%	0.06%
Arable land	45,101 sq mi	8,892 sq mi
Arable land share	33.4%	36.8%
Arable land area rank	25/191	78/191
Permanent cropland	772 sq mi	127.4 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.57%	0.53%
Permanent cropland area rank	86/192	136/192
Water area	3,150 sq mi	1,042 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.28%	4.13%
Water area rank	53/197	84/197
Roads length	515,738 mi	52,298 mi
Land borders length	2,295 mi	960 mi
Coastline length	1,484 mi	55.9 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	23.2%

Germany vs Lithuania size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Germany and Lithuania but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.