How big are 1000 piece puzzles? There is no unequivocal answer to that. Because per puzzle brand (for example Jumbo, Ravensburger, King) the dimensions are different. I have made an overview of the sizes of puzzles of 1000 pieces, which are now known to me. I took them off the boxes. Here is the overview, with the data I have now.
In the table below an overview of the sizes of the puzzles of Jan van Haasteren. Click on a link in the table and you will see an example of a Jan van Haasteren puzzle per dimensions:
JIGSAW puzzles are simply the Wasgij puzzles ('Wasgij' is the reverse of 'Jigsaw', the English word for jigsaw puzzle) and these are Jumbo brand jigsaw puzzles. The list below with dimensions and sizes of the puzzles is exactly the same as the WASGIJ / JUMBO list.
Number of Pieces JIGSAW puzzles
Puzzle size
54 Pieces
13x18 inch
150 Pieces
35x25 inch
500 Pieces
49x35 inch
1000 Pieces
68x49 inch
1500 Pieces
90x60 inch
Size Puzzles JUMBO
Number of pieces
Puzzle size
6 Pieces
22x20 inch
50 Pieces
31x22 inch
70 Pieces
31x22 inch
150 Pieces
35x25 inch
200 XL Pieces
49x35 inch
352 Pieces
68x49 inch
500 Pieces
49x35 inch
500 XL Pieces
68x49 inch
950 Pieces
65x49 inch
1000 Pieces
68x49 inch
1250 Pieces
85x49 inch
1500 Pieces
90x60 inch
2000 Pieces
98x68 inch
3000 Pieces
122x85 inch
5000 Pieces
157x107 inch
Size Puzzles King
Number of pieces
Puzzle size
12 Pieces
18,5x25,5 inch
24 Pieces
18,5x25,5 inch
50 Pieces
18,5x25,5 inch
99 Pieces
18,5x25,5 inch
100 Pieces
18,5x25,5 inch
200 XL Pieces
48x34 inch
500 Pieces
25x20 inch
1000 Pieces
68x49 inch
1500 Pieces
90x60 inch
2000 Pieces
96x68 inch
Dimensions Puzzles Marius van Dokkum
Number of Pieces
Puzzle size
500 Pieces
34x48,5 inch
1000 Pieces
68x48,5 inch
Dimensions Puzzles Ravensburger
Ravensburger calls all puzzles up to and including 300 pieces a 'child's puzzle' on its own website and all puzzles from 500 pieces up to and including 40320 pieces an adult puzzle.
Number of pieces
Puzzle size
2 pieces
17x17 inch
3 pieces
17x17 inch
4 pieces
17x17 inch
5 pieces
20x24 inch
6 pieces
17x11 inch
8 pieces
24x18 inch
9 pieces
17x17 inch
10 pieces
19x19 inch
12 pieces
26x18 inch
16 pieces
17x17 inch
20 pieces
26,4x18,1 inch
24 pieces
18x26 inch
49 pieces
21x21 inch
100 pieces
49x36 inch
150 pieces
49x36 inch
200 pieces
49x36 inch
300 pieces
17x17 inch
500 pieces
49x36 inch
631 pieces
70x50 inch
654 pieces
70x50 inch
736 pieces
70x50 inch
759 pieces
70x50 inch
945 pieces
70x50 inch
1000 pieces
70x50 inch
1500 pieces
80x60 inch
2000 pieces
98x75 inch
3000 pieces
121x80 inch
5000 pieces
153x101 inch
9000 pieces
192x138 inch
18000 pieces
276x192 inch
40320 pieces
680x192 inch
Size Puzzles That's Life
Number of Pieces
Puzzle size
1000 Pieces
68x48 inch
Size Puzzles Trefl
Number of Pieces
Puzzle size
30 Pieces
27x20 inch
36 Pieces
58x40 inch
54 Pieces
33x22 inch
60 Pieces
33x22 inch
100 Pieces
41x27,5 inch
500 Pieces
48x34 inch
1000 Pieces
68x48 inch
1500 Pieces
85x58 inch
2000 Pieces
96x68 inch
3000 Pieces
116x85 inch
How many pieces of puzzle what age?
In the table below are the Ravensburger puzzles and their dimensions for example taken. Just to give an indication of the age of a child / someone and how many pieces of a puzzle he / she can make. However: it is only a guideline, always know that every child is different. I have made a separate page about this with extensive information about 'How many pieces of puzzle and what age of a child'
Doing puzzles on the regular floor or on your table does have drawbacks. For example:
You make your puzzle on the living room or kitchen table: you have not finished your puzzle and the family still has to eat or drink on that table. Then you have to put your puzzle back in the box. Or creatively slide it onto a wooden plate or, for example, a tray. Far from ideal of course
You make your puzzle on the floor: it can easily get in the way of other housemates. Or they will get annoyed that that puzzle has been lying on the floor for so long. From my own experience
But of course it also has advantages! Personally, I think it's nice to put down your puzzle in the middle of the house or a room and start puzzling. The threshold for others to join is very small. And you can also put a few pieces of your puzzle every few minutes that you have time. It is always immediately ready for use! So perfect and cozy.
Experience shows that people often look for a different solution, namely the puzzle mat or puzzle case. A puzzle mat is a kind of cloth on which you place your puzzle and when you want to clean it up, you roll this cloth around a large hard cardboard roll. You can then easily place it anywhere and your puzzle pieces are neatly rolled up in the puzzle mat. Next time you want to start puzzling, roll out the puzzle mat again and you can immediately start puzzling again. Do you want to see all my reviews of the puzzle mats? Then read the pages 'Puzzle mats for puzzles of 1000 pieces'
Dimensions of the puzzles on a puzzle mat
To compare how big the jigsaw puzzles are, when you put them on a puzzle mat. I always make the puzzles on a puzzle mat that is 1 meter 60 wide and 90 CM high. Then you have a good view of the size of the puzzles. I also placed the box on the puzzle mat. As an example of a Jan van Haasteren puzzle of 68 centimeters wide and 49 centimeters high:
Puzzle of 1000 pieces on a puzzle mat of 1 meter 60 wide and 90 centimeters high
I always make my puzzles on a puzzle mat, with the above-mentioned format. 1000 piece puzzles are my favorite puzzles. I have a soft puzzle mat from Jumbo called Puzzle Roll. I think this puzzle mat is still quite tight, when I explain the pieces of a 1000 puzzle on it. That would look like this, for example: As you can see, this puzzle mat is already quite full. I notice, when I start to roll up this puzzle (because I haven't finished it yet), that the pieces sometimes fall out. If you then roll it out again to start, you will have to turn 20 to 30 pieces again, because they will then have fallen over the wrong way. Here you see me rolling up a puzzle on this puzzle mat:
What you will do with a finished puzzle, of course, depends on your own wishes. I did write a page about it with the different options: 'What do you do with a puzzle that is finished'. You can frame a puzzle that you really like and hang it on the wall or give it to someone as a gift. But how do you frame a puzzle you've made? I'll explain it to you on one of the pages below. There are three options:
