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Delaware vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 69.1 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 55.5 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 5.4 times (442%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Germany's east-west width is 4.1 times (314%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 9,268 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
Delaware vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 79.3 times larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 1.1 times (15%) higher than Delaware's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 53.0 times larger than Wilmington's.
Largest metro area
- Delaware's largest metropolitan area is Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area and Berlin metropolitan region have about the same population.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 84 years.
Delaware vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 45.5 times larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.7 times (74%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware's average income is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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