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North Carolina vs Germany Geography
Land area
- North Carolina has a land area of 48,624 square miles (125,936 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 2.8 times (177%) larger than North Carolina's.
Total area
- North Carolina: 53,819 square miles (139,390 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 2.6 times (157%) larger than North Carolina's.
Length
- North Carolina is 258 miles (415 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 2.1 times (106%) longer than North Carolina's.
Width
- North Carolina spans 487 miles (784 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- North Carolina's east-west width is 1.2 times (23%) wider than Germany's.
Highest point
- North Carolina's highest point is Mount Mitchell at 6,674 feet (2,034 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 3,044 feet higher than Mount Mitchell.
Lowest point
- North Carolina'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.
North Carolina vs Germany Population and History
Population
- North Carolina has a population of 11,046,024 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 7.6 times (656%) larger than North Carolina's.
Population density
- North Carolina: 227.2 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 2.7 times (173%) higher than North Carolina's.
Biggest city
- North Carolina's biggest city is Charlotte with 943,476 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 4.1 times (311%) larger than Charlotte's.
Largest metro area
- North Carolina's largest metropolitan area is Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 2.2 times (115%) larger than Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's.
History
- North Carolina: Admitted to the Union on November 21, 1789, as the 12th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, North Carolina is the older of the two by 82 years.
North Carolina vs Germany Economy
GDP
- North Carolina's GDP is $844.2 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 6.0 times (498%) larger than North Carolina's.
GDP per capita
- North Carolina: $76,427 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- North Carolina's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (26%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- North Carolina: $65,634 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- North Carolina's average income is 1.1 times (9%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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