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Arkansas vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Arkansas has a land area of 51,992 square miles (134,658 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 2.6 times (159%) larger than Arkansas'.
Total area
- Arkansas: 53,198 square miles (137,781 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 2.6 times (160%) larger than Arkansas'.
Length
- Arkansas is 243 miles (392 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 2.2 times (119%) longer than Arkansas'.
Width
- Arkansas spans 279 miles (449 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Germany's east-west width is 1.4 times (42%) wider than Arkansas'.
Highest point
- Arkansas's highest point is Mount Magazine at 2,752 feet (839 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 6,966 feet higher than Mount Magazine.
Lowest point
- Arkansas's lowest point is Ouachita River at 55 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 68 feet lower.
Arkansas vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Arkansas has a population of 3,088,354 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 27.0 times larger than Arkansas'.
Population density
- Arkansas: 59.4 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 10.4 times higher than Arkansas'.
Biggest city
- Arkansas's biggest city is Little Rock with 204,774 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 18.9 times larger than Little Rock's.
Largest metro area
- Arkansas's largest metropolitan area is Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area (1,339,345 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 4.6 times (363%) larger than Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's.
History
- Arkansas: Admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, as the 25th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Arkansas is the older of the two by 35 years.
Arkansas vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Arkansas's GDP is $188.3 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 26.8 times larger than Arkansas'.
GDP per capita
- Arkansas: $60,984 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Arkansas and Germany have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Arkansas: $59,320 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Arkansas and Germany have about the same average income.
Official Websites
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