Germany vs Hong Kong

Germany is 322 times larger than Hong Kong — 357,022 against 1,108 km². Germany is 11 times more populous than Hong Kong — 83,491,249 against 7,498,900 people.

Side by side

Population density

Hong Kong is 29 times more densely populated than Germany — 6,768 against 234 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

Practical differences

• They drive on opposite sides — Germany on the right, Hong Kong on the left.
• Different currencies: the Euro and the Hong Kong dollar.
• Different continents — Europe and Asia.

Germany

Germany borders nine countries, more than any other in Europe. The Rhine carries more freight than any other river in Europe. The country has around 25,000 castles and palaces, and the Black Forest and Bavarian Alps mean about a third of it is wooded.

Hong Kong

One of the most densely populated places on Earth, yet roughly three-quarters of its land is undeveloped countryside and about forty percent is protected country park. It has 263 islands and around 730 km of coastline. There are more skyscrapers over 150 m here than in any other city.

Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.