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Germany vs Ireland Geography
Land area
- Germany has a land area of 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²), while Ireland has 26,596 square miles (68,883 km²).
- Germany's land area is 5.1 times (406%) larger than Ireland's.
Total area
- Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²) vs Ireland: 27,133 square miles (70,273 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 5.1 times (409%) larger than Ireland's.
Length
- Germany is 531 miles (854 km) long from north to south; Ireland is 287 miles (462 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 1.9 times (85%) longer than Ireland's.
Width
- Germany spans 397 miles (639 km) east to west; Ireland spans 191 miles (308 km).
- Germany's east-west width is 2.1 times (108%) wider than Ireland's.
Highest point
- Germany's highest point is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m); Ireland's is Carrauntoohil at 3,406 feet (1,038 m).
- Zugspitze is 6,312 feet higher than Carrauntoohil.
Lowest point
- Germany's lowest point is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet; Ireland's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
Germany vs Ireland Population and History
Population
- Germany has a population of 83,467,117 (2025), while Ireland has 5,525,600 (2026).
- Germany's population is 15.1 times larger than Ireland's.
Population density
- Germany: 620.0 people per square mile vs Ireland: 207.8.
- Germany's population density is 3.0 times (198%) higher than Ireland's.
Biggest city
- Germany's biggest city is Berlin with 3,878,100 people; Ireland's is Dublin with 592,713.
- Berlin's population is 6.5 times (554%) larger than Dublin's.
Largest metro area
- Germany's largest metropolitan area is Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000 people) vs Ireland's Greater Dublin Area (2,082,605).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 3.0 times (198%) larger than Greater Dublin Area's.
History
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- Ireland: Independent since December 6, 1922, as the Irish Free State; a republic since 1949.
- In its current form, Germany is the older of the two by 51 years.
Germany vs Ireland Economy
GDP
- Germany's GDP is $5,050.9 billion (2025) vs Ireland's $721.7 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 7.0 times (600%) larger than Ireland's.
GDP per capita
- Germany: $60,496 per person vs Ireland: $131,593.
- Ireland's GDP per capita is 2.2 times (118%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- Germany: $60,200 vs Ireland: $87,360 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Ireland's average income is 1.5 times (45%) higher than Germany's.
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