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Alaska vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 4.2 times (324%) larger than Germany's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 4.8 times (382%) larger than Germany's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 2.3 times (126%) longer than Germany's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 3.9 times (289%) wider than Germany's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Denali is 10,517 feet higher than Zugspitze.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
Alaska vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 112.8 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 476.9 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 13.4 times larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 15.2 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Germany is the older of the two by 88 years.
Alaska vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 70.5 times larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.6 times (60%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.3 times (27%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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