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North Dakota vs Germany Geography
Land area
- North Dakota has a land area of 68,994 square miles (178,694 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 2.0 times (95%) larger than North Dakota's.
Total area
- North Dakota: 70,699 square miles (183,109 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 2.0 times (95%) larger than North Dakota's.
Length
- North Dakota is 338 miles (544 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 1.6 times (57%) longer than North Dakota's.
Width
- North Dakota spans 408 miles (657 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- North Dakota and Germany have about the same east-west width.
Highest point
- North Dakota's highest point is White Butte at 3,500 feet (1,067 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 6,218 feet higher than White Butte.
Lowest point
- North Dakota's lowest point is Red River of the North at 754 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 767 feet lower.
North Dakota vs Germany Population and History
Population
- North Dakota has a population of 796,568 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 104.8 times larger than North Dakota's.
Population density
- North Dakota: 11.5 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 53.9 times higher than North Dakota's.
Biggest city
- North Dakota's biggest city is Fargo with 136,285 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 28.5 times larger than Fargo's.
Largest metro area
- North Dakota's largest metropolitan area is Fargo, ND-MN metro area (267,793 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 23.2 times larger than Fargo, ND-MN metro area's.
History
- North Dakota: Admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, as the 39th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Germany is the older of the two by 18 years.
North Dakota vs Germany Economy
GDP
- North Dakota's GDP is $80.1 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 63.1 times larger than North Dakota's.
GDP per capita
- North Dakota: $100,504 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- North Dakota's GDP per capita is 1.7 times (66%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- North Dakota: $71,749 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- North Dakota's average income is 1.2 times (19%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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