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Louisiana vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Louisiana has a land area of 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 3.1 times (212%) larger than Louisiana's.
Total area
- Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 2.6 times (164%) larger than Louisiana's.
Length
- Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 1.8 times (76%) longer than Louisiana's.
Width
- Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Germany's east-west width is 1.1 times (12%) wider than Louisiana's.
Highest point
- Louisiana's highest point is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 9,185 feet higher than Driskill Mountain.
Lowest point
- Louisiana's lowest point is New Orleans at -8 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 5 feet lower.
Louisiana vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Louisiana has a population of 4,597,740 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 18.2 times larger than Louisiana's.
Population density
- Louisiana: 106.4 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 5.8 times (483%) higher than Louisiana's.
Biggest city
- Louisiana's biggest city is New Orleans with 362,701 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 10.7 times larger than New Orleans'.
Largest metro area
- Louisiana's largest metropolitan area is New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 6.4 times (542%) larger than New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area's.
History
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Louisiana is the older of the two by 59 years.
Louisiana vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Louisiana's GDP is $329.2 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 15.3 times larger than Louisiana's.
GDP per capita
- Louisiana: $71,594 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Louisiana's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (18%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- Louisiana: $61,897 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Louisiana and Germany have about the same average income.
Official Websites
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