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Kentucky vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Kentucky has a land area of 39,485 square miles (102,267 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 3.4 times (241%) larger than Kentucky's.
Total area
- Kentucky: 40,406 square miles (104,651 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 3.4 times (242%) larger than Kentucky's.
Length
- Kentucky is 257 miles (414 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 2.1 times (107%) longer than Kentucky's.
Width
- Kentucky spans 418 miles (672 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Kentucky's east-west width is 1.1 times (5%) wider than Germany's.
Highest point
- Kentucky's highest point is Black Mountain at 4,134 feet (1,260 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 5,584 feet higher than Black Mountain.
Lowest point
- Kentucky's lowest point is Mississippi River at 270 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 283 feet lower.
Kentucky vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Kentucky has a population of 4,588,372 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 18.2 times larger than Kentucky's.
Population density
- Kentucky: 116.2 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 5.3 times (434%) higher than Kentucky's.
Biggest city
- Kentucky's biggest city is Louisville with 640,796 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 6.1 times (505%) larger than Louisville's.
Largest metro area
- Kentucky's largest metropolitan area is Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area (2,302,815 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 2.7 times (169%) larger than Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area's.
History
- Kentucky: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1792, as the 15th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Kentucky is the older of the two by 79 years.
Kentucky vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Kentucky's GDP is $295.4 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 17.1 times larger than Kentucky's.
GDP per capita
- Kentucky: $64,375 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Kentucky's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (6%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- Kentucky: $58,256 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Kentucky and Germany have about the same average income.
Official Websites
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