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Maryland vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Maryland has a land area of 9,711 square miles (25,151 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 13.9 times larger than Maryland's.
Total area
- Maryland: 12,406 square miles (32,131 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 11.1 times larger than Maryland's.
Length
- Maryland is 231 miles (371 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 2.3 times (130%) longer than Maryland's.
Width
- Maryland spans 243 miles (391 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Germany's east-west width is 1.6 times (63%) wider than Maryland's.
Highest point
- Maryland's highest point is Hoye-Crest at 3,362 feet (1,025 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 6,356 feet higher than Hoye-Crest.
Lowest point
- Maryland's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
Maryland vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Maryland has a population of 6,263,220 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 13.3 times larger than Maryland's.
Population density
- Maryland: 645.0 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Maryland and Germany have about the same population density.
Biggest city
- Maryland's biggest city is Baltimore with 568,271 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 6.8 times (582%) larger than Baltimore's.
Largest metro area
- Maryland'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
- Maryland: Admitted to the Union on April 28, 1788, as the 7th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Maryland is the older of the two by 83 years.
Maryland vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Maryland's GDP is $546.0 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 9.3 times (825%) larger than Maryland's.
GDP per capita
- Maryland: $87,180 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Maryland's GDP per capita is 1.4 times (44%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- Maryland: $79,259 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Maryland's average income is 1.3 times (32%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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