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Nebraska vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Nebraska has a land area of 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 1.8 times (75%) larger than Nebraska's.
Total area
- Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 1.8 times (79%) larger than Nebraska's.
Length
- Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 1.1 times (7%) longer than Nebraska's.
Width
- Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Nebraska's east-west width is 1.2 times (17%) wider than Germany's.
Highest point
- Nebraska's highest point is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 4,290 feet higher than Panorama Point.
Lowest point
- Nebraska's lowest point is Missouri River at 840 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 853 feet lower.
Nebraska vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Nebraska has a population of 2,005,465 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 41.6 times larger than Nebraska's.
Population density
- Nebraska: 26.1 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 23.8 times higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- Nebraska's biggest city is Omaha with 489,265 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 7.9 times (693%) larger than Omaha's.
Largest metro area
- Nebraska's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 6.2 times (519%) larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Nebraska is the older of the two by 4 years.
Nebraska vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Nebraska's GDP is $189.2 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 26.7 times larger than Nebraska's.
GDP per capita
- Nebraska: $94,363 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Nebraska's GDP per capita is 1.6 times (56%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- Nebraska: $72,701 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nebraska's average income is 1.2 times (21%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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