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New Jersey vs Germany Geography
Land area
- New Jersey has a land area of 7,355 square miles (19,049 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 18.3 times larger than New Jersey's.
Total area
- New Jersey: 8,719 square miles (22,583 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 15.8 times larger than New Jersey's.
Length
- New Jersey is 169 miles (271 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 3.1 times (214%) longer than New Jersey's.
Width
- New Jersey spans 129 miles (207 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Germany's east-west width is 3.1 times (208%) wider than New Jersey's.
Highest point
- New Jersey's highest point is High Point at 1,798 feet (548 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 7,920 feet higher than High Point.
Lowest point
- New Jersey'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.
New Jersey vs Germany Population and History
Population
- New Jersey has a population of 9,500,851 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 8.8 times (779%) larger than New Jersey's.
Population density
- New Jersey: 1,291.8 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- New Jersey's population density is 2.1 times (108%) higher than Germany's.
Biggest city
- New Jersey's biggest city is Newark with 317,303 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 12.2 times larger than Newark's.
Largest metro area
- New Jersey's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 3.2 times (222%) larger than Berlin metropolitan region's.
History
- New Jersey: Admitted to the Union on December 18, 1787, as the 3rd state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, New Jersey is the older of the two by 84 years.
New Jersey vs Germany Economy
GDP
- New Jersey's GDP is $846.0 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 6.0 times (497%) larger than New Jersey's.
GDP per capita
- New Jersey: $89,045 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- New Jersey's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (47%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- New Jersey: $84,893 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Jersey's average income is 1.4 times (41%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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