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Mississippi vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Mississippi has a land area of 46,925 square miles (121,534 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 2.9 times (187%) larger than Mississippi's.
Total area
- Mississippi: 48,436 square miles (125,448 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 2.9 times (185%) larger than Mississippi's.
Length
- Mississippi is 337 miles (542 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 1.6 times (58%) longer than Mississippi's.
Width
- Mississippi spans 340 miles (547 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Germany's east-west width is 1.2 times (17%) wider than Mississippi's.
Highest point
- Mississippi's highest point is Woodall Mountain at 805 feet (245 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 8,913 feet higher than Woodall Mountain.
Lowest point
- Mississippi's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
Mississippi vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Mississippi has a population of 2,943,045 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 28.4 times larger than Mississippi's.
Population density
- Mississippi: 62.7 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 9.9 times (889%) higher than Mississippi's.
Biggest city
- Mississippi's biggest city is Jackson with 141,449 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 27.4 times larger than Jackson's.
Largest metro area
- Mississippi's largest metropolitan area is Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area (1,339,345 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 4.6 times (363%) larger than Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's.
History
- Mississippi: Admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, as the 20th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Mississippi is the older of the two by 54 years.
Mississippi vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Mississippi's GDP is $158.2 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 31.9 times larger than Mississippi's.
GDP per capita
- Mississippi: $53,751 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Germany's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Mississippi's.
Average income
- Mississippi: $52,074 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Germany's average income is 1.2 times (16%) higher than Mississippi's.
Official Websites
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