Brisbane
15,826 km²
Hamburg
755 km²
Australia
Germany
Area Comparison
Brisbane is 21.0x larger than Hamburg
Population Comparison
Brisbane has 1.4x more people than Hamburg
Brisbane is significantly larger, covering 21.0 times the area of Hamburg. Brisbane spans 15,826 km² (6,110 mi²) while Hamburg covers 755 km² (292 mi²) — a difference of 15,071 km². You could fit Hamburg inside Brisbane approximately 20 times.
To put Brisbane's size in perspective, its area of 15,826 km² is about 2.5x the size of Shanghai. Meanwhile, Hamburg at 755 km² is roughly the same size as New York City.
In more relatable units, Brisbane's 15,826 km² is about 2,200,000 American football fields, 150 times the area of Paris, or 130 times the area of San Francisco. Hamburg, by comparison, equals about 106,000 American football fields, 13 times the area of Manhattan, or 7 times the area of Paris.
Brisbane is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia, with a population of approximately 2.8 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of South East Queensland, a bio-geographical and urban region with an estimated population of 4.1 million as of 2024. The central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from its mouth at Moreton Bay.
Known as "Brissy", Brisbane covers 15,826 km² with a population of 2.7 million. The city was established in 1824. Brisbane is known for Brisbane River, South Bank Parklands, Story Bridge, among other attractions.
Brisbane is Queensland's capital and Australia's third-most populous city with around 2.8 million residents.
Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and seventh-largest city in the European Union, with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the tenth-largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union.
Nicknamed "Gateway to the World", Hamburg has an area of 755 km² and is home to 1.9 million people. Visitors come for Port of Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie concert hall, Reeperbahn nightlife district, and much more.
Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany and the seventh-largest in the European Union.
Brisbane has a population density of 171 people per km² — a low-density, sprawling urban area. Hamburg, with 2,530 people per km², is a moderately dense city. Hamburg is dramatically more crowded, with 14.8x the population density.
Size Ratio
Hamburg fits inside Brisbane ~20 times
Density Gap
Hamburg is 14.8x more densely populated
Brisbane covers 15,826 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Beijing (16,411 km²), Hangzhou (16,854 km²), Chengdu (14,378 km²), Sydney (12,368 km²), or Xi'an (10,097 km²).
Hamburg covers 755 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Bangalore (741 km²), Singapore (733 km²), Tehran (730 km²), New York (783 km²), or Nairobi (696 km²).
The straight-line distance from Brisbane to Hamburg is 15,833 km (9,838 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~19h 8m.
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