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Iowa vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Iowa has a land area of 55,854 square miles (144,660 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 2.4 times (141%) larger than Iowa's.
Total area
- Iowa: 56,273 square miles (145,746 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 2.5 times (145%) larger than Iowa's.
Length
- Iowa is 216 miles (347 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 2.5 times (146%) longer than Iowa's.
Width
- Iowa spans 335 miles (539 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Germany's east-west width is 1.2 times (19%) wider than Iowa's.
Highest point
- Iowa's highest point is Hawkeye Point at 1,669 feet (509 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 8,049 feet higher than Hawkeye Point.
Lowest point
- Iowa's lowest point is Mississippi River at 480 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 493 feet lower.
Iowa vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Iowa has a population of 3,241,488 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 25.7 times larger than Iowa's.
Population density
- Iowa: 58.0 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 10.7 times higher than Iowa's.
Biggest city
- Iowa's biggest city is Des Moines with 213,096 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 18.2 times larger than Des Moines'.
Largest metro area
- Iowa's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 6.2 times (519%) larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Iowa: Admitted to the Union on December 28, 1846, as the 29th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Iowa is the older of the two by 25 years.
Iowa vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Iowa's GDP is $265.8 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 19.0 times larger than Iowa's.
GDP per capita
- Iowa: $81,998 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Iowa's GDP per capita is 1.4 times (36%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- Iowa: $65,225 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Iowa's average income is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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