Country size comparison
compared to
Germany is about 1.5 times bigger than United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 47% larger than United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~67.8 million people (16.5 million more people live in Germany).
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Flip Comparison · See true size
See Germany on top of United Kingdom
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Quality of Life Comparison · 8 statistics
Be 33.1% more likely to be unemployed in United Kingdom
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
United Kingdom is 19.8% more expensive than Germany overall
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Moving from Germany to United Kingdom · OECD 2019
9,662 people moved from Germany to United Kingdom.
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