Montana vs Germany: Size Comparison

Montana covers 145,550 square miles of land versus Germany's 134,916 square miles — Montana is about 1.1 times larger, edging out one of Europe's biggest countries. The comparison is delicious because the two could hardly be more different in character. Germany holds about 83 million people, autobahns, and industrial heartlands; Montana holds just over a million people, more cattle than residents, and Glacier National Park. The roughly 10,600-square-mile margin — about the size of Massachusetts — would be a rounding error on a world map, but it makes the point: American western states are country-scale. Drop Montana onto Europe and it would swallow Germany's southern half from Munich to the Alps. Big Sky Country earns its nickname honestly; it simply has more sky, more prairie, and more mountain front than an entire European power.

Montana vs Germany by the numbers

In other words, you could fit Germany inside Montana about 1.1 times. Area figures are land area (square miles). Sources: US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (land area, sq mi)