Germany vs Indonesia

Indonesia is 5.3 times larger than Germany — 1,904,569 against 357,022 km². Indonesia is 3.4 times more populous than Germany — 285,721,236 against 83,491,249 people.

Side by side

Population density

Germany is 1.6 times more densely populated than Indonesia — 234 against 150 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, Indonesia on the left.
• Different currencies: the Euro and the Indonesian rupiah.
• Indonesia spans 3 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
• 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.

Indonesia

The largest archipelago in the world: official surveys count more than 17,000 islands, of which around 6,000 are inhabited, spread over 5,100 km of ocean. Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and has about 130 active volcanoes, more than any other country. It also holds more of the world's remaining tropical peatland than anywhere except the Congo basin.

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.