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District of Columbia vs Germany Geography
Land area
- District of Columbia has a land area of 61 square miles (158 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 2,206.8 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Total area
- District of Columbia: 68 square miles (177 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 2,020.3 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Length
- District of Columbia is 13 miles (22 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 40.8 times longer than District of Columbia's.
Width
- District of Columbia spans 12 miles (19 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Germany's east-west width is 33.1 times wider than District of Columbia's.
Highest point
- District of Columbia's highest point is Fort Reno at 429 feet (131 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 9,289 feet higher than Fort Reno.
Lowest point
- District of Columbia's lowest point is Potomac River at 0 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
District of Columbia vs Germany Population and History
Population
- District of Columbia has a population of 702,250 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 118.9 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Population density
- District of Columbia: 11,493.5 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- District of Columbia's population density is 18.5 times higher than Germany's.
Biggest city
- District of Columbia's biggest city is Washington with 702,250 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 5.5 times (452%) larger than Washington's.
Largest metro area
- District of Columbia's largest metropolitan area is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area and Berlin metropolitan region have about the same population.
History
- District of Columbia: The federal district, established by the Residence Act on July 16, 1790; not a state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, District of Columbia is the older of the two by 81 years.
District of Columbia vs Germany Economy
GDP
- District of Columbia's GDP is $184.3 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 27.4 times larger than District of Columbia's.
GDP per capita
- District of Columbia: $262,439 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- District of Columbia's GDP per capita is 4.3 times (334%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- District of Columbia: $111,185 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- District of Columbia's average income is 1.8 times (85%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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