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Kansas vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Kansas has a land area of 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 1.6 times (65%) larger than Kansas'.
Total area
- Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 1.7 times (68%) larger than Kansas'.
Length
- Kansas is 207 miles (334 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 2.6 times (157%) longer than Kansas'.
Width
- Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Kansas and Germany have about the same east-west width.
Highest point
- Kansas's highest point is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 5,678 feet higher than Mount Sunflower.
Lowest point
- Kansas's lowest point is Verdigris River at 679 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 692 feet lower.
Kansas vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Kansas has a population of 2,970,606 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 28.1 times larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- Kansas: 36.3 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 17.1 times higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Kansas's biggest city is Wichita with 400,991 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 9.7 times (867%) larger than Wichita's.
Largest metro area
- Kansas's largest metropolitan area is Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 2.8 times (175%) larger than Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's.
History
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Kansas is the older of the two by 10 years.
Kansas vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Kansas's GDP is $230.5 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 21.9 times larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- Kansas: $77,601 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Kansas' GDP per capita is 1.3 times (28%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- Kansas: $65,856 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Kansas' average income is 1.1 times (9%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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