Magnitude (area)
This is a compilation of areas of different sizes for comparison purposes. The information is often to be understood as “typical values”; the converted values are rounded.
The basic unit of the meter unit derived the surface in the international system of units is 1 square meter ( unit symbol m² ), the symbols A .
Further units used below:
- 1 mm² (square millimeter) = 0.000001 m²
(1,000,000 mm² = 1 m²) - 1 cm² (square centimeter) = 0.0001 m²
(10,000 cm² = 1 m²) - 1 a ( Ar ) = 100 m²
- 1 ha ( hectare ) = 100 a = 10,000 m²
- 1 km² ( square kilometers ) = 100 ha = 1,000,000 m²
Areas smaller than 1 mm²
- 100 sqm - 1 barn
- 1 nm² - the limit of visibility electron microscope
1 μm² (square micrometer) corresponds to = 1,000,000 nm² (square nanometer)
- 0.05 μm² - surface area of a flu virus
- 0.20 μm² - limit of visibility light microscope
- 500 μm² - surface of a bacterium
1 mm² (square millimeter) corresponds to = 1,000,000 μm² (square micrometer)
- 0.01 mm² - smallest particle visible to the naked eye
- 0.15 mm² - surface of a human egg cell
- 0.196 mm² - cross-sectional area of the lead of a mechanical pencil (0.5 mm)
1 mm² to 100 mm² (1 cm²)
- 1 mm² box on graph paper
- 2 to 50 mm² - pupil of a person, depending on the incidence of light
- 25 mm² box on normal-checked paper (5 mm grid)
- 49 mm² - boxes on large squared paper (7 mm grid)
- 55 mm² - average human eardrum (pars tensa)
1 cm² to 10 cm²
- 1.77 cm² - center hole of a CD
- 2.07 cm² - 1 euro cent coin
- 3.89 cm² - 20 euro cent coin
- 4.25 cm² - 1 euro coin
- 5.21 cm² - 2 euro coin
- 6.4516 cm² - 1 square inch (square inch)
10 cm² to 100 cm²
- 11.40 cm² - center hole of a single (record / 7 ")
- 17.50 cm² - matchbox (50 mm × 35 mm)
- 46.21 cm² - international credit card format according to ISO / IEC 7810 (85.60 mm × 53.98 mm)
- 50.27 cm² - surface of a table tennis ball
- 53.70 cm² - playing card (Skat game, normal format)
- 74.40 cm² - 5 euro banknote (120 mm × 62 mm)
- 77.70 cm² - identity card (D - old = before November 2010)
- 89.92 cm² - beer mat (round, 107 mm diameter)
- 97.66 cm² - the average of the human palm
100 cm² to 1000 cm²
- 107.80 cm² - 50 euro banknote (140 mm × 77 mm)
- 113 cm² - size of a compact disc
- 126.68 cm² - surface of a tennis ball
- 240.53 cm² - single (7 ″) (including the area of the hole)
- 312.5 cm² - sheet of paper ( A5 format )
- 625 cm² - sheet of paper (A4 format)
- 729 cm² - long-playing record
- 910 cm² - screen area of a 17-inch computer monitor (calculated value with a screen diagonal of 17 inches [corresponds to 43.18 cm] and an aspect ratio of 5: 4)
- 929.0304 cm² - 1 square foot (square feet)
1000 cm² to 10,000 cm² (1 m²)
- 1090 cm² - surface of a handball
- 1250 cm² - sheet of paper (A3 format)
- 1403.4 cm² - image area of a 22-inch computer monitor (calculated value with a screen diagonal of 22 inches [corresponds to 55.88 cm] and an aspect ratio of 16:10)
- 1560 cm² - surface of a soccer ball
- 2500 cm² - sheet of paper (format A2)
- 2827 cm² - surface of a globe Ø 30 cm
- 4070 cm² - " Mona Lisa " by Leonardo da Vinci
- 5000 cm² - sheet of paper (A1 format)
- 6270 cm² - unrolled tape roll (19 mm × 33 m)
- 8361.2736 cm² - 1 square yard
- 9600 cm² - area of a transport pallet according to EN 13698-1
1 m² to 10 m²
- 1 m² - DIN A0 sheet, 841 mm × 1189 mm
- 1.5 to 2 m² - skin surface of the adult human
- 2.23 m² - ice hockey goal
- 3.5 m² - paper from a toilet roll (10 cm × 14 cm × 250 sheets)
- 4.16 m² - table tennis table
- 6 m² - handball goal
- 9 m² - typical garden pavilion (3 m × 3 m)
10 m² to 100 m² (1 a)
- 12.5 m² - parking space (5.0 m × 2.5 m)
- 17.86 m² - football goal (7.32 m × 2.44 m)
- 37.16 m² - boxing ring
- 25 to 80 m² - typical living space in a small city apartment
- 81.74 m² - badminton court
100 m² (1 a) to 1000 m² (10 a)
- 100.76 m² - goal area (football)
- 123 m² - wing of the Airbus A320
- 162 m² - volleyball field
- 260 m² - tennis court
- 300 m² - land area for residential property
- 420 m² - basketball court
- 525 m² - wing area of a jumbo jet ( Boeing 747-400 )
1000 m² (10 a) to 10,000 m² (1 ha)
- 1134 m² - area of the Reichstag dome (d = 38.0 m)
- 1722 m² - Peasant war panorama by Werner Tübke , third largest oil painting in the world
- 1800 m² ice hockey rink
- 4000 m² - area of the Alte Oper in Frankfurt am Main
- 4046.8564224 m² - 1 acre
- 7140 m² - area of a soccer field (FIFA standard)
- 7914 m² - built over area of Cologne Cathedral
10,000 m² (1 ha) to 100,000 m² (10 ha)
- 1.09 ha - area of the platform hall at Hamburg Central Station (only main span 73 m × 150 m)
- 1.50 ha - area of St. Peter's Basilica
- 1.90 ha - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin
- 2.00 ha - inner courtyard of the Pentagon
- 2.60 ha - flight deck of the Gerald R. Ford class aircraft carriers
- 2.68 ha - passenger decks of the RMS Queen Mary II
- 3.96 hectares - Berlin Brandenburg Airport : main terminal
- 4.86 ha - area of a polo field
- 5.29 ha - area of the Great Pyramid of Cheops
- 6.30 ha - office space in the Frankfurt exhibition tower
- 8.36 ha - area of the Leipzig main station
100,000 m² (10 ha) to 1 km² (100 ha)
- 12 ha - floor area of the Pentagon
- 18 ha - Inner Alster , Hamburg
- 40 hectares - Boeing's Everett plant , the area of the largest hall in the world
- 40 ha - Tian'anmen Square , Beijing, China
- 42 ha - Oktoberfest , Munich, Germany
- 44 hectares - Vatican City , smallest state in the world
- 45 ha - Arnis , the smallest city in Germany
- 45 ha - Mainau Island , Lake Constance
- 50 ha - hall space at the Hanover exhibition center
- 58 ha - March Field at the Nuremberg Nazi Party Rally Grounds
- 97 ha - Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium , the Roman Cologne
1 km² to 10 km²
- 1.36 km² - Bürgerpark , Bremen
- 1.70 km² - Helgoland (main island only)
- 2.02 km² - Monaco
- 2.1 km² - Großer Tiergarten , Berlin
- 2.589988110336 km² - 1 square mile (square mile)
- 2.73 km² - Wannsee , Berlin
- 3.40 sq km - Central Park , New York City
- 3.75 km² - English Garden , Munich
- 5.14 km² - Schluchsee (DE), Upper Black Forest
- 6 km² - Vienna Prater
- 6.50 km² - Gibraltar
- 8.93 km² - Tegernsee , Bavaria
10 km² to 100 km²
- 10.8 km² - Ossiacher See , Carinthia
- 19.0 km² - Hiddensee , German Baltic Sea island
- 21.3 km² - Republic of Nauru , Oceania
- 25.2 km² - Königsforst , North Rhine-Westphalia
- 30.7 km² - Borkum , East Frisian island
- 46.2 km² - Attersee , Salzkammergut / Austria
- 59.5 km² - Manhattan , New York City
- 79.9 km² - Chiemsee , the largest lake in Bavaria
- 99.1 km² - Sylt , North Frisian island
100 km² to 1000 km²
- 113 km² - Müritz , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- 118 km² - Aletsch Glacier , Switzerland
- 125 km² - Jerusalem , Israel
- 160 km² - Liechtenstein
- 162 km² - Easter Island
- 246 km² - island of Malta (without secondary islands)
- 360 km² - Gaza Strip
- 370 km² - La Gomera
- 415 km² - Vienna , the smallest federal state in Austria
- 419 km² - Free Hanseatic City of Bremen , the smallest federal state in Germany
- 536 km² - Lake Constance , Germany / Austria / Switzerland
- 572 km² - Isle of Man
- 926 km² - Rügen , island (Baltic Sea)
1000 km² to 10,000 km²
- 1085 km² - Three Gorges Reservoir , China
- 2034 km² - Tenerife
- 2500 km² - Reunion Island
- 2510 km² - Moscow , Russia
- 2570 km² - Saarland
- 2766 km² - Manitoulin , the largest island in a freshwater lake
- 2985 km² - Funen , an island in Denmark
- 3,081 sq km - Yosemite National Park , national park in the United States
- 3604 km² - Mallorca
- 5648 km² - Lake Vänern , Sweden
- 6242 km² - Palestinian Territory
- 7105 km² - Graubünden (largest canton in Switzerland)
- 7400 km² - South Tyrol
- 8336 km² - Crete
- 8502 km² - the water surface of the Volta reservoir in Ghana
- 8680 km² - Corsica
- 9251 km² - Cyprus
10,000 km² to 100,000 km²
- 10,433 sq km - Hawaii (island)
- 10,908 km² - Kosovo
- 13,812 km² - Montenegro
- 13,843 km² - Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom )
- 19,186 km² - Lower Austria (the largest federal state in Austria)
- 20,000 km² - Kruger National Park (South Africa)
- 22,380 km² - Israel
- 25,426 km² - Sicily
- 30,528 km² - Belgium
- 31,492 km² - Lake Baikal
- 40,643 km² - Kurdistan Autonomous Region
- 41,285 km² - Switzerland
- 47,614 km² - Lower Saxony (second largest state in Germany)
- 56,542 km² - Croatia
- 68,870 km² - Lake Victoria (largest reservoir on earth)
- 70,550 km² - Bavaria (the largest federal state in Germany)
- 78,866 km² - Czech Republic
- 82,103 km² - Upper Lake (the largest freshwater lake in the world)
- 83,879 km² - Austria
- 84,421 km² - Ireland (third largest island in Europe)
- 90,000 km² - White Sea
- 99,392 km² - South Korea
100,000 km² to 1,000,000 km²
- 103,125 km² - Iceland
- 219,331 km² - Great Britain (largest island in Europe)
- 230,000 sq km - Great Barrier Reef
- 312,678 km² - Poland
- 357,111 km² - Germany
- 413,000 km² - Baltic Sea
- 423,970 km² - California
- 575,000 km² - North Sea
- 674,843 km² - France
- 678,051 km² - Texas
- 783,562 km² - Turkey
- 923,768 km² - Nigeria
1,000,000 km² to 10,000,000 km²
- 1,001,449 km² - Egypt
- 1,138,910 km² - Colombia
- 1,481,346 km² - Alaska
- 1,510,000 km² - Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (second largest marine reserve in the world)
- 1,972,550 km² - Mexico
- 2,166,086 km² - Greenland
- 2,381,741 km² - Algeria (largest country in Africa in terms of area)
- 2,509,958 km² - Mediterranean
- 2,529,875 km² - Western Australia
- 3,287,590 km² - India
- 4,381,324 km² - European Union
- 7,692,030 km² - Australia
- 8,514,215 km² - Brazil (largest state in South America in terms of area)
- 9,571,302 km² - China
- 9,826,675 km² - USA with Puerto Rico
- 9,984,670 km² - Canada
10 million km² to 100 million km²
- 10.18 million km² - Europe (continent)
- 13.20 million km² - Antarctica (continent)
- 13.20 million km² - expansion of the former Arab World Empire ( Umayyad Caliphate ) around 750
- 13.50 million km² - expansion of the former French colonial empire around 1919
- 13.70 million km² - expansion of the former Spanish colonial empire around 1740
- 14.09 million km² - Arctic Ocean
- 17.08 million km² - Russia (largest country in the world)
- 17.84 million km² - South America
- 17.95 million km² - surface of Pluto
- 23.02 million km² - surface of Triton , Neptune's largest moon
- 24.46 million km² - expansion of the former Russian Empire until 1866
- 24.93 million km² - North America
- 29.18 million km² - African Union
- 30.30 million km² - Africa
- 33.00 million km² - expansion of the former British Empire around 1921 and the Mongol Empire around 1274
- 37.93 million km² - the surface of the moon
- 44.61 million km² - Asia
- 73.43 million km² - Indian Ocean (excluding tributaries)
- 74.76 million km² - surface of Mercury
- 82.40 million km² - Atlantic Ocean (excluding secondary seas)
- 83.32 million km² - the surface of Titan , Saturn's largest moon
- 85.00 million km² - Africa-Eurasia (largest contiguous land mass on earth)
- 87.18 million km² - the surface of Ganymede , the largest moon in the solar system
100 million km² to 1 billion km²
- 144.6 million km² - surface of Mars
- 149.1 million km² - land area of the earth
- 166.2 million km² - Pacific Ocean (excluding tributaries)
- 361.1 million km² - the surface of the earth's water
- 460.2 million km² - surface of Venus
- 510.1 million km² - surface of the earth
1 billion km² to 10 billion km²
10 billion km² to 100 billion km²
100 billion km² to 1 trillion km²
- 463.2 billion km² - the area of the disk formed by the moon's orbit around the earth
Areas larger than 1 billion km²
- 6.087 trillion km² (6.09 · 10 18 m²) - the surface of the sun
- 70.31 quadrillion km² (7.03 · 10 22 m²) - the area of the disk formed by the earth's orbit around the sun
- 106.2 trillion km² (1.06 · 10 26 m²) - the area of the disk formed by Pluto's orbit around the sun
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dimensions and numbers , koelner-dom.de