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Colorado vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Colorado has a land area of 103,637 square miles (268,419 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 1.3 times (30%) larger than Colorado's.
Total area
- Colorado: 104,095 square miles (269,605 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 1.3 times (33%) larger than Colorado's.
Length
- Colorado is 467 miles (751 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 1.1 times (14%) longer than Colorado's.
Width
- Colorado spans 387 miles (622 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Colorado and Germany have about the same east-west width.
Highest point
- Colorado's highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,422 feet (4,396 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Mount Elbert is 4,704 feet higher than Zugspitze.
Lowest point
- Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at 3,326 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 3,339 feet lower.
Colorado vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Colorado has a population of 5,957,493 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 14.0 times larger than Colorado's.
Population density
- Colorado: 57.5 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 10.8 times higher than Colorado's.
Biggest city
- Colorado's biggest city is Denver with 729,019 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 5.3 times (432%) larger than Denver's.
Largest metro area
- Colorado's largest metropolitan area is Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area (3,052,498 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 2.0 times (103%) larger than Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area's.
History
- Colorado: Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th 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 5 years.
Colorado vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Colorado's GDP is $557.6 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 9.1 times (806%) larger than Colorado's.
GDP per capita
- Colorado: $93,602 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Colorado's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (55%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- Colorado: $83,055 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Colorado's average income is 1.4 times (38%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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