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europe’s top 15 according to cache density | map made by world66.com
rank
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country
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geocaches
total
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area
(km2)
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caches
per km2
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1 cache
every ... km2
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Germany
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27,007
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356,000
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0.076
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13.18
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| 2 * |
Netherland |
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3,100
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41,000
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0.076
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13.23
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| 3 |
Sswitzerland |
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3,052
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41,293
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0.074
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13.53
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| 4 |
Denmark |
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2,787
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43,000
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0.065
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15.43
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| 5 |
UK |
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15,060
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245,000
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0.061
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16.27
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| 6 |
Belgium |
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1,755
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31,000
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0.057
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17.66
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| 7 |
Luxemburg |
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140
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3,000
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0.047
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21.43
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| 8 |
Czech Republic |
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3,069
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79,000
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0.039
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25.74
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| 9 |
Austria |
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2,560
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84,000
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0.030
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32.81
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| 10 |
Andorra |
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7
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453
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0.015
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64.71
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| 11 |
Sweden |
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450,000
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0.015
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68.79
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| 12 |
Slovakia |
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606
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49,000
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0.012
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80.86
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| 13 |
Estonia |
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492
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45,200
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0.011
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91.78
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| 14 |
Norway |
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3,397
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324,000
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0.010
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95.38
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| 15 |
Portugal |
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794
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92,000
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0.009
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115.87
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also this comparison is won by the germanic speaking countries (see also cache stats for europe: absolute and per capita). this time scandinavia is not part of the top 10. the cache densitiy according to countries is the highest in the world (see comparison below).
* acutally the winners are following countries (some distortions for the really small area):
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Vatican
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2
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0.44
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4.545
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0.22
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| 2 |
Liechtenstein |
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19
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160
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0.119
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8.42
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international comparison
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country
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geocaches
total
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area
(km2)
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caches
per km2
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1 cache
every ... km2
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USA
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222,985
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9,373,000
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0.024
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42.0
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Canada |
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9,976,000
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0.003
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381.1
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Australia |
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7,687,000
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0.001
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889.1
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New Zealand |
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2520
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269,000
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0.009
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106.7
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Argentina |
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45
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2,767,000
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0.000
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61,488.9
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Brasili |
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96
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8,514,000
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0.000
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88,687.5
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1 km2 (square kilometer) = 0.386 square miles | 1 square mile = 2.589 km2
stats’ figures may not be 100% accurate.
© 2007 ernies / ingwer.ch | you can freely republish this information if you mention this source (please let us know the web link or send us a copy of the printed matter).
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(updated 2007 05 30)
ernies’ geocaching pages (german)
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