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Minnesota vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Minnesota has a land area of 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 1.7 times (69%) larger than Minnesota's.
Total area
- Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 1.6 times (59%) larger than Minnesota's.
Length
- Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 1.3 times (30%) longer than Minnesota's.
Width
- Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Germany's east-west width is 1.1 times (10%) wider than Minnesota's.
Highest point
- Minnesota's highest point is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 7,426 feet higher than Eagle Mountain.
Lowest point
- Minnesota's lowest point is Lake Superior at 601 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 614 feet lower.
Minnesota vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Minnesota has a population of 5,793,151 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 14.4 times larger than Minnesota's.
Population density
- Minnesota: 72.7 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 8.5 times (753%) higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest city
- Minnesota's biggest city is Minneapolis with 428,579 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 9.0 times (805%) larger than Minneapolis'.
Largest metro area
- Minnesota's largest metropolitan area is Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 1.6 times (65%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Minnesota is the older of the two by 13 years.
Minnesota vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Minnesota's GDP is $507.7 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 9.9 times (895%) larger than Minnesota's.
GDP per capita
- Minnesota: $87,636 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Minnesota's GDP per capita is 1.4 times (45%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- Minnesota: $75,603 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Minnesota's average income is 1.3 times (26%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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