Total & land area: Germany vs Montenegro size comparison

Germany is 25.8 times bigger by total area compared to Montenegro: 138,065 sq mi vs 5,360 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Germany is 134,916 sq mi vs 5,193 sq mi for Montenegro — a 26 times difference in territory size.

Germany ranks 63/197 by total surface area vs 156/197 for Montenegro.
Germany occupies 0.23% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.009% for Montenegro.
47.5% of Germany's area is agricultural land vs 19.6% in Montenegro.
Germany has 0.35% of the world's agricultural land area — Montenegro has 0.006%.
32.7% of Germany is covered by forests, compared to 61.5% in Montenegro.
0.28% of the world's forests are in Germany, and 0.02% are in Montenegro.

True size map comparison: Germany vs Montenegro

See how Germany and Montenegro 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	Montenegro
Total area	138,065 sq mi	5,360 sq mi
Size difference ratio	25.8	1
Total area rank	63/197	156/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.07%	0.003%
Land area	134,916 sq mi	5,193 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	26	1
Land area rank	63/197	156/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.23%	0.009%
Population	83,516,593	623,525
Population density	612 ppl/mi²	117.9 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Germany	Montenegro
Forest area	44,089 sq mi	3,193 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	32.7%	61.5%
Forest area rank	51/196	128/196
World's forests share	0.28%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	64,039 sq mi	1,017 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.5%	19.6%
Agricultural land area rank	54/194	155/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.35%	0.006%
Arable land	45,101 sq mi	34.9 sq mi
Arable land share	33.4%	0.67%
Arable land area rank	25/191	167/191
Permanent cropland	772 sq mi	20.4 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.57%	0.39%
Permanent cropland area rank	86/192	161/192
Water area	3,150 sq mi	167.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.28%	3.12%
Water area rank	53/197	120/197
Roads length	515,738 mi	4,823 mi
Land borders length	2,295 mi	423 mi
Coastline length	1,484 mi	182.4 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	5.6%

Germany vs Montenegro 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 Montenegro 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.